Adults Quote by Lev Grossman Download Open image “My book group has one rule: no books for adults. We read young adult fiction only.” — Lev Grossman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Adults Book Books Fiction Groups Young Young adult
The distinction has blurred between young adult and adult books. Some of the teen books have become more sophisticated. — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
All of my books, which are supposedly, I mean they're called YA novels, my hope is that adults would find no reason not to… — Matthew Tobin Anderson Copy Share Image
There are good books which are only for adults. There are no good books which are only for children. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children, or you read books for adults. — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
To tell the truth, I don't read children's books. I'm an adult. I just write them. — William Steig Copy Share Image
I've never read a young adult novel, though. I'm sure I would love it, but I've never read one. — Elizabeth Olsen Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
We're wired to expect the world to be brighter and more meaningful and more obviously interesting than it actually is. And when we realize… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“He was going to sign the papers and he was going to be a motherfucking magician.” — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Being brave was easy when you would rather die than give up. Fatigue meant nothing when you actually wanted to suffer.” — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“He wasn't in a safe little story where wrongs were automatically righted; he was still in the real world, where bad bitter things happened… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I love rare books. Not that I own a lot of them, mind you. You couldn't quite call me a rare-book collector. But I… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
By now he had learned enough to know that when he was getting annoyed at somebody else, it was usually because there was something… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell... I defy anybody to read… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“It's true," Eliot said. "Statistically, historically, and however else you want to look at it, you are almost never right. A monkey making life… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“God, I hope we don’t have to use that,” was all he said out loud. “Oh, come on, Quentina. We’re not looking for trouble.… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
The thing about hitting kids is, think about if you were doing the same thing to another adult. Hitting your kid is really the… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
Plainly, the environment must be a living one, directed by a higher intelligence, arranged by an adult who is prepared for his mission. — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Almost everywhere we find . . . the use of various coercive measures, to rid ourselves as quickly as possible of the child withinus--i.e.,… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Education, for most people, means trying to lead the child to resemble the typical adult of his society . . . but for me… — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
I do not believe in public shaming. I do believe that young adults go to college to learn things, and that this process will… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance”: “The differences between expert performers and normal adults are not immutable, that is,… — K. Anders Ericsson Copy Share Image
Part of life is doing stuff that you don't want to do. — One Who Does Not Wish To Be Named Copy Share Image
He [an earnest young reporter] seemed to share the view of many intelligent, well-educated, well-meaning people that, while adult literature may aim to be… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image