Adulthood Quote by George Eliot

“They had gone forth together into their life of sorrow, and they would never more see the sunshine undimmed by remembered cares. They had…

— George Eliot

“Gates were creaking open inside him - paths, long sealed off, revealed themselves once more.”

— Anthony Doerr

“The Tale was behind them. And it was to there they journeyed. One step would take them there; they were there already”

— john crowley

“It was a rough crossing, the one from childhood to the next life. And as with any other harsh journey, not everything survived.”

— Karen Thompson Walker

“it. I was venturing into a wilderness many had explored before me, crossing the threshold separating those who had killed from those who had…

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

“...for who can speak of the Mazes of the Serpent to those who are not lost in them?”

— Peter Ackroyd

“Then, together, they passed through the camp gate and marched up the road, toward wives and sweethearts and children and Mom and Dad and…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“They left trails. More secrets. Lies. A clear path, like a wounded animal. Some didn’t drip blood, but they’d still be messy when I…

— Alex Gates

“The sight of these closed golden houses with their warmth of life awoke in him a bitter, poignant, strangely mixed emotion of exile and…

— Thomas Wolfe

“Children were huge, wild creatures full of promise and hope and dirt and mischief.”

— Nalini Singh

“Behind him, the sheep, left to their own devices, decide to wander through the open gate into the field beyond.”

— Erin Morgenstern

“Be thou glad sleeper and thy sorrow offcast. I am the gate to all good adventure.”

— C.S. Lewis