Life Quote by Nora McInerny Purmort

“Was this, too, part of growing up? Was it facing the bad things you’d done as well as the good, and knowing all your…

— Christina Henry

“Being an adult--was this it? Doing the thing you most in your life didn't want to do, and doing it with a shrug?”

— Judy Blundell

“I could not stand it, neither the words on the page nor what they told me about myself. My neck and teeth began to…

— Dorothy Allison

“They where like so many of the adults around us, content to pretend that all was well…but we knew better”

— Melba Pattillo Beals

“How good it felt, to do some good, here and there. Perhaps this was what it meant to be an adult. To grab the…

— Lisa Tawn Bergren

“I did believe everyone with even a little self-awareness was holding on to some wound or another somewhere, be it physical or emotional or…

— Carolyn Murnick

“Growing up wasn't so bad, as long as you did it with the right person.”

— Monica Alexander

“It seemed strange that someone as old as Aunt Sylvia would talk about growing up. In a way I'm not sure i like the…

— Betty Miles

“Maybe that is what growing up was all about. It was about changing your mind. Opening it right up. Admitting to yourself that you…

— Matt Haig

“She was right about one thing - I did need a caring, responsible adult around. If I could have cried on the shoulder of…

— Monica Holloway

“I had a feeling all our parents were pretty much on the same page when it came to being overprotective and a bit overbearing.…

— Rachel Jonas

“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