Coming of age Quote by Kirby Wright

“I was starting to realize how much the presence of a child could make adults act more like adults.”

— Karen White

“It was a vivid memory for someone so young but one which has stayed with me forever.”

— Nicci Greene

“I was a happy child. I felt loved. I never would've imagined that things would turn out the way that they did".”

— Bella Forrest

“I felt for the first time, maybe ever, how much harder it was to be the adults. And I wasn't sure I could do…

— Barbara Hall

“The way adults could talk themselves into and out of feeling okay about something always amazed her.”

— Elizabeth Stuckey-French

“We were growing up. It was one of those moments when you could practically feel the adult pushing out, pushing forward into the world.…

— Hannah Pittard

“The young people I loved have probably been wiped away by the real world, existing only as they once were in my memories.”

— Sophia Danton The Bull Years

“I guess I just grew up thinking that when we become adults, we get to do what we love. For work, for fun, forever.…

— Crystal Woods

“And older people were like babies; something about their demeanour made you love them despite their ignorant selfish personalities.”

— Cecilia Ahern

“... Now love also becomes a reward so remote from me I have only made it with my mind.”

— Robert Creeley

“When I was sixteen, I made the discovery -- love. All at once and much, much too completely. It was like you suddenly turned…

— Tennessee Williams

“Everything seemed possible, when I looked through they eyes of a child. And every once in a while; I remember, I still have the…

— Nikki Rowe