One of the things I enjoy about being young is learning from my elders without them giving direct advise.

The Acceptance of who you are is in the embrace of who you will become.

Little girls get hurt when they play grown-up games.

Those were the people who made her something, and without them she was different. She’d held on to them and to that old self tenaciously, though. She clung to it, celebrated it, worshipped it even,...

I appricated that Nell was talking to me like a grown-up, but I had no idea what she meant. Still, I could see that the words flowed together like water over a riverbed.

When you are a grown up your brothers become your neighbors and your unconditional brotherhood become your conditional neighborhood.

Remember, it’s still a mystery to be an adult. If you knew it all before eighteen, you’d have nothing to look forward to. Besides, to be wise and eighteen is as possible as catching lightning...

Thank God we’re not like America. Everyone wants to look like they’re 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.

Kids are naturally curious about the world around them. Everything is fascinating and holds their attention as they explore their new surroundings. Adults however, have grown up hearing the word ‘no’, ‘don’t do that,’ and...

He wants to be grown-up. How different dreams can be! Nature will soon grant your wish.

Stop thinking like Alice in Wonderland, Celia told herself sternly. You’re a grown-up, it’s no use shutting your eyes, wishing things would happen

Only those who’d changed could see things from a different point of view.