Growing up Quote by Stacy Schiff

“Grown-up, indeed,” said the Lady Polly. “I wish she would grow up. She wasted all her school time wanting to be the age she…

— C.S. Lewis

“It was funny how none of her classes in library science has prepared her for this sort of thing, dead bodies, staff under suspicion,…

— Jenn McKinlay

“It was funny how none of her classes in library science had prepared her for this sort of thing, dead bodies, staff under suspicion,…

— Jen McKinlay

“we don’t see any examples of her taking independent thought or action to advance her career or to grow professionally.”

— Erika Andersen

“Grown-ups don’t look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they’re big and thoughtless and they always know what they’re doing. Inside, they look…

— Neil Gaiman

She makes mistakes and she's in no hurry to grow up. 'Cause grownups they don't understand her.

— Mayday Parade

She never said, "No, don't buy that trash," or "Pick a real book." She knew they were all real books. This is how great…

— Anonymous

“There was, as she put it, nothing to stop me. So I followed the path of educated misfits through the ages and got a…

— Hari Kunzru

“The thing is, I think I like kids, more or less. I was an English teacher for a few years before I quit to…

— Bruce Weber

In the world today, a young lady who does not have a college education just is not educated.

— Walter Annenberg

“When you're a kid, and you first start reading grown-up books, it's like looking in a window at night at people who think no…

— David Huddle

“To all the librarians in the world on behalf of all the kids y’all helped grow up to be writers”

— Karin Slaughter