Survived Adulthood Quote by Thomas Mullen

“Since they were unable to liberate themselves from the old words and the fear, they prowled the streets and cast their angry shadows.”

— Aharon Appelfeld

“...they knew each other as much as they knew themselves, and their intimacy, rather like too many suitcases, was a matter of perpetual concern;…

— Ian McEwan

“One left; things shifted in one's absence; one returned to something else. Time frustrated all. There was no sneaking past its rough guard, even…

— Gish Jen

“The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors—and all of the compromise, frustration, and delay that…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

“They sat for several hours over a pot of tea and a plate of cake, and then they wandered the streets, impervious to time.…

— Penelope Lively

“They had left their cities, but they carried their cities with them, as a trust, on their shoulders. That's how it usually is. Even…

— Intizar Husain

“They died comfortably in their little bed of understanding, to become useful citizens of the world. I pitied them, and in short order I…

— Henry Miller

“They alone moved through the vast inertness. They alone were alive, and they sought for other things that were alive in order that they…

— Jack London

“There were so many dead their spirits could no longer be contained in the darkness, and, like deer, their population had spilled over into…

— Daniel Wallace

“To return to the city of one's birth always felt like retreat.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“They had gone forth together into their life of sorrow, and they would never more see the sunshine undimmed by remembered cares. They had…

— George Eliot

“I was vaguely worried about how they would cope with wandering the desert of adulthood without the other's hand to hold, but then I…

— Nick Burd