Adult life Quote by William Golding

“He knelt among the shadows and felt his isolation bitterly. They were savages it was true; but they were human and the ambushing fears…

— William Golding

“thing. Something else had come aboard, something I’d never encountered. Something evil. Troubles I could handle. This dark, twisted thing was a whole other…

— Susan May

“For a moment they all stood silent. The departure of this autumn ship gave rise to many different thoughts. Something came out of hiding…

— Cora Sandel

“Sometimes during the night, your father awakened. He rose from his bed, staggered across the room, and found the strength to raise the window…

— Mitch Albom

“There's a kid or some kids somewhere. I'll never know them. They're particle-puzzle-cubing right now. They might be mini-misanthropes from Moosefart, Montana. They might…

— James Ellroy

“We were still children, for all that we thought we weren’t. We were in that in-between place, the twilight between childish things and grown-up…

— Christina Henry

“There had been something about the island that made the girls forget who they had been. All those rules and shalt nots. They were…

— Libba Bray

“the days of the young, when they gulped the air and lived to see the better world, the grown-up world, when they could not…

— Paullina Simons

“Characters are like kids. They want to be played with, taken on adventures. And they won't let you rest until you do.”

— Buffy Andrews

“I didn't suspect the day Grandfather came out and got me and my sister, Lula, and hauled us off toward the ferry that I'd…

— Joe R. Lansdale

“And you?" asked Kate. "Your brother is righteous, your sister is scattered. What does that make you?" When August answered, the word was small,…

— Victoria Schwab

“...our parents' death broke his sense of wonder. My left-brained brother, who once had dreams of saving the world, now laughs at anyone who…

— Lauren DeStefano