Coming Of Age Quotes
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“Could a scar be like the rings of a tree, reopened with each emotional season?”
― Cutting Class
― Cutting Class

“I can do thisâ€� I can start over. I can save my own life and I’m never going to be alone as long as I have stars to wish on and people to still love.”
― Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl
― Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl

“For so many years, I couldn’t understand why every time I thought that someone finally loved me, likeâ€� for real, they would eventually turn to vapor. Every person whom I’ve ever loved is trapped inside of my chest. I’ve breathed all of them in so deeply that I’ve nearly choked and died on every soul that I’ve ever given myself to.”
― Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl
― Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl

“When you call a ghetto a cordon, does it become a village?”
― Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel
― Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

“It's in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the earth people who make you feel right at home.”
― 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
― 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip

“Life's trials will test you, and shape you, but don’t let them change who you are.â€�
~ Aaron Lauritsen, â€�100 Days Drive”
― 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip
~ Aaron Lauritsen, â€�100 Days Drive”
― 100 Days Drive: The Great North American Road Trip

“Me parece que de nada vale correr si siempre ha de irse por el mismo camino, cerrado, de nuestra personalidad. Unos seres nacen para vivir, otros para trabajar, y otros para mirar la vida. Yo tenia un pequeño y ruin papel de espectadora. Imposible salirme de él. Imposible libertarme. Una tremenda congoja fue para mà lo único real en aquellos momentos.”
― Nada
― Nada

“Let this time in your life cut you open and drain all of the things that are holding you back. I’m going to help you forgive the things that you won’t let yourself forget.”
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“Why did you wear heels? How are you supposed to fight a gargoyle in what you're wearing?”
― My Boyfriend Merlin
― My Boyfriend Merlin

“From this point forward, you don’t even know how to quit in life.â€�
~ Aaron Lauritsen, â€�100 Days Drive”
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~ Aaron Lauritsen, â€�100 Days Drive”
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“I wanted to have a good relationship. One that's romantic and dramatic, like in the movies. But I finally became a woman at 17 and learned that men aren't really that simple.”
― Nana, Vol. 1
― Nana, Vol. 1

“He’d used the amulet to read my thoughts again.
I pictured smacking him in the face.”
― Ever My Merlin
I pictured smacking him in the face.”
― Ever My Merlin

“Well, can you tell her that?"
He looked down at his feet. "I will. I will."
Guy-speak for, "I plan to keep avoiding her until she gives up.”
― My Merlin Awakening
He looked down at his feet. "I will. I will."
Guy-speak for, "I plan to keep avoiding her until she gives up.”
― My Merlin Awakening

“I noticed him right away. No, it wasn’t his lean, rugged face. Or the dark waves of shiny hair that hung just a little too long on his forehead. It wasn’t the slim, collarless biker jacket he wore, hugging his lean shoulders. It was the way he stood. The confident way he waited in the cafeteria line to get a slice of pizza. He didn’t saunter. He didn’t amble. He stood at the center, and let the other people buzz around him. His stance was straight and sure.”
― Ever My Merlin
― Ever My Merlin

“You'll get fired if anyone finds out about us!"
"So many rules in this century," Vane muttered.”
― My Merlin Awakening
"So many rules in this century," Vane muttered.”
― My Merlin Awakening

“If I were to lock you up in a dungeon, I guarantee you would not be bored.”
― My Merlin Awakening
― My Merlin Awakening
“Me? I had no dreams. No longings. Dreams only set you up for disappointment. Plus, you had to have a life to have dreams of a better life.”
― Luna
― Luna

“Plus, I happened to be a history nerd. Why else would I be interested in a guy born in the year 519?”
― My Merlin Awakening
― My Merlin Awakening

“Only half a page left now. Shall I fill it with 'I love you, I love you'-- like father's page of cats on the mat? No. Even a broken heart doesn't warrant a waste of good paper.”
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“I knew that I had reached the end of childhood once I realized that adults in my life didn't know anymore than I did.”
― Every Exquisite Thing
― Every Exquisite Thing
“Okay then, the blood has dried into the shirt so as I cut it away, it may sting some as I pull it away. Can you be brave for me?”
― Just Out Of Reach
― Just Out Of Reach

“Janice suddenly flopped her body down on the dusty, musty train seat and pulled herself into a fetal position. Libby stroked her shoulder, trying to comfort her. Maggie and I looked at each other. We knew Janice had more to tell us.”
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power

“The call from Momma was like a bullet piercing my Washington bubble. Janice had been on short trip with her baby daughter locked safely in a car seat in the back. The baby was fussy and, as Janice reached back to grab her daughter’s pacifier that had fallen, another vehicle had blindsided her car. She survived it but her baby girl didn’t.”
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power

“Rough palms cradled my face while my fingers gripped the pillow on either side of his. Lips, teeth, tongue, mingled together. I ate him up and didn’t let go until I had to come up for air.”
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“The last declaration he'd made to me hung between us. The L word. The one that had nothing to do with like.”
― My Merlin Awakening
― My Merlin Awakening

“Gloomy room
immersed in a scent
of modern cowards
filled with
shapeless creatures
sitting in silence
because they have
nothing to say
Fake plastic faces
with a grimace
of disappointment
painted on them
Are we stuck on hold
expecting our turn
in a waiting room
of so-called
lost generation?”
― Train to the Edge of the Moon
immersed in a scent
of modern cowards
filled with
shapeless creatures
sitting in silence
because they have
nothing to say
Fake plastic faces
with a grimace
of disappointment
painted on them
Are we stuck on hold
expecting our turn
in a waiting room
of so-called
lost generation?”
― Train to the Edge of the Moon

“…I was finding that reporting the news wasn't enough. I wanted to be more than just a paid observer. I wanted to be in the fight. I got my chance.”
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
― Penis Politics: A Memoir of Women, Men and Power
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