She had the feeling, the tingling, lingering sense that something or someone life altering was just over the horizon. She had no idea what it was, but she wanted to rush headlong to bring it to her.
Mandy Nachampassack-MaloneyTags: growing-up adulthood hurry
You’re a teenager. It’s all complicated.
Jenny B. JonesTags: growing-up complicated teenager
Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.
Ethan HawkeTags: growing-up dreams childhood judgement adulthood follow-your-dreams ethan-hawke
Adults tend to repress their pleasure. Sad to say, I think we become adults only through disappointment, grief, and lies. So of course gradually we become tough, less sensitive.
Jean-Louis GasseeTags: growing-up observation adults
Growing up is such a barbarous business, full of inconvenience... and pimples.
J.M. BarrieTags: growing-up being-a-teen
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 that when it was my turn.
Barbara HallTags: growing-up
I reckon responsible behavior is something to get when you grow older. Like varicose veins.
Terry PratchettTags: growing-up aging
Most of our parents wanted the best for us, I knew, but we also wanted the best for them.
Deb CalettiTags: growing-up
It's a shame for a woman's history to be all about men-first boys, then other boys, then men, men, men. It reminds me of the way our school history textbooks were all about wars and elections, one war after another, with the dull periods of peace skimmed over when they happened.
Elizabeth KostovaTags: growing-up history feminism men-and-women
And then I know I'm being a man, not just some kid who's upset and wants it his way.
Angela JohnsonTags: growing-up coming-of-age adults
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