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“When she was younger, she felt that he wanted to know everything about her, but she was sometimes afraid to tell too much. She…

— Michael Stein

“Growing up she had become used to allowing men the ability to curve themselves into question marks around her and hold her desperately as…

— R. YS Perez

“She understood children, and knew that they were adults handicapped by a humiliating disguise and had their adult qualities within them.”

— Rebecca West

“She must learn who he was, so that she could know what do do with him.”

— Kristin Cashore

“Yes, she was now a young woman but she would for ever be his little girl.”

— Angela Marsons

“She was on a real, grown-up adventure, no matter how badly it should turn out.”

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“There were places inside him that she couldn’t reach, not with her words or her body. And if she could? She was a little…

— Skye Warren

“She doesn’t want him to continue ageing in front of her, for she is afraid of what it will require from her. As he…

— Catriona Ross

“Becoming an adult is all about accepting that you didn't know anything when you were a kid.”

— Andrew Sturm

“She had just started living like a grown-up and she'd never felt more vulnerable, frightened or confused in her life.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Shame, when she was younger, had stopped her. Fear, as she grew older, trapped the truth within her.”

— Lorraine Heath

“Remember, it's still a mystery to be an adult. If you knew it all before eighteen, you'd have nothing to look forward to.”

— Carew Papritz