Books Quote by Kristin Cashore

The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated.

— Ann Brashares

“As far as I can tell, a young adult novel is a regular novel that people actually read.”

— Stephen Colbert

Personally, I believe “Young Adult” to be an arbitrary title that means the book "Can be enjoyed by anyone/Has a main character who’s not…

— Shannon Hale

“Calling a book "Young Adult" is just a fancy way of saying the book is censored.”

— Oliver Markus

“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

“This is one of the chief differences between a child's experience of a favorite book and an educated adult's. For the adult, a book…

— Laura Miller

Young adults are honest readers. They won't stay with a book unless they have a reason, so it has to move along.

— Jesse Andrews

“Teen books are like adult books, without all the bullshit.”

— Anonymous

It's insulting to believe that teens should have a different kind of book than an adult should.

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

I think it's a mistake to think, 'Am I going to write a young adult book, or do I desperately want to write a…

— Markus Zusak

There are some things that are more appropriate to a children's than an adult book but there's a huge overlapping area and most kids…

— Terry Pratchett

“I see now that dismissing YA books because you're not a young adult is a little bit like refusing to watch thrillers on the…

— Nick Hornby