Adulthood Quote by Anonymous

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged . One is a…

— John Rogers

Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, doubtless two of the most exquisitely adolescent of fictions.

— Nancy Mairs

“There were two books I remember changing my life as a introverted, bookish 14 year old. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand and The Lord…

— Christopher Odell Homsley

“Books make their greatest mark when they reach readers in their growing years. The young look everywhere for that ground of truth on which…

— Milton Meltzer

“I hope, that in the days, and weeks, and years to come, the question of where the dividing lines between adult and children’s fiction…

— Neil Gaiman

“Themes that are "too large for adult fiction can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book" - Philip Pullman (Hunt and Lenz,…

— Anonymous

“Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways. They're not…

— Victoria Connelly

“I don't think there is such a thing as a bad book for children . . . do not discourage children from reading because…

— Neil Gaiman

My goal for children's books is to have them become tableside or bedside classics. To me, it would be awesome to write a book…

— Coy Bowles

The books one reads in childhood, and perhaps most of all the bad and good bad books, create in one's mind a sort of…

— George Orwell

I first read 'The Lord of the Rings' as an adolescent. It's a dense novel, a sprawling, complex monster of a book populated with…

— Peter Jackson

“a book is just like life and anything can change”

— Dr. Seuss