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“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
― C.S. Lewis

“Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that.”
― Ally Condie, Matched

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.”
― Anne Frank

“He nods, as if to acknowledge that endings are almost always a little sad, even when there is something to look forward to on the other side.”
― Emily Giffin, Love the One You're With

“Don't try to make me grow up before my time…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.”
― P. J. O'Rourke

“You’re a teenager. It’s all complicated.”
― Jenny B. Jones, There You'll Find Me

“I've screwed everything up royally. I remember you saying that growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

“Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.”
― Cindy Gerard, To the Limit

“Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.”
― Russell Baker

“Growing up is such a barbarous business, full of inconvenience... and pimples.”
― J.M. Barrie

“Oh! Polly thought. Why aren't all girls locked up by law the year they turn fifteen? They do such stupid things!”
― Diana Wynne Jones

“And so a pattern develops: wake, work cry. sleep. I can't even escape him in my dreams. Gray burning eyes, his lost look, his hair burnished and bright and bright all haunt me. And the music... so much music-I cannot bear to hear any music. I am careful to avoid it at all costs. Even the jingles in commercials make me shudder.”
― E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey

“I've never wanted more, until I met you."

I gasp, reeling. Oh my. Isn't this what I want? He wants more. He wants it, too! My inner goddess has back-flipped off the podium and is doing a cartwheels around the stadium. It's not just me.”
― E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey

“His words make sense. He's not the man for me. This is what he meant, and it makes his rejection to accept... almost. I can live with this. I understand.”
― E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey

“That scares me... you scare me... I am completly caught up in your spell, considering a lifestyle with you that I didn't even know existed until last week, and then you write something like that and I want to run screaming into the hills. I won't of course, because I'd miss you. Really miss you. I want us to work, but I am terrified of the dept of feeling I have for you and the dark path you're leading me down. What you are offering is erotic and sexy, and I'm curious, but I'm also scared you'll hurt me- physically and emotionally. After threee months you could say good-bye, and where will that leave me if you do?”
― E L James, Fifty Shades of Grey

“Anastasia, I’m not a hearts and flowers kind of man, I don’t do romance. My tastes are very singular. You should steer clear of me.” He closes his eyes as if in defeat. “There’s something about you, though,and I’m finding it impossible to stay away. But I think you’ve figured that out already.”
― E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey

“I shrug, trapped. I don’t want to lose him. In spite of all his demands, his need to control, his scary vices. I have never felt as alive as I do now. It’s a thrill to be sitting here beside him. He’s so unpredictable, sexy, smart, and funny. But his
moods… oh – and he wants to hurt me. He says he’ll think about my reservations, but it still scares me. I close my eyes. What can I say? Deep down I would just like more, more affection, more playful Christian, more… love.”
― E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey

“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts. Some of you like Pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read.”
― Frank Zappa

“High school sucked. It was a universal truth, and whoever said these were supposed to be the best years of your life was probably drunk or delusional.”
― Kami Garcia, Beautiful Darkness

“Problem is, the bathroom pass can't help you escape life. It's still there when you come out. Problems and crap don't go away hiding in the can.”
― Simone Elkeles, Perfect Chemistry

“In high school I got voted most likely to get voted for something. Even though I was the only one who voted, it still felt terrific being nominated.”
― Jarod Kintz, It Occurred to Me

“I suppose he's making a real fashion statement, but this is high school. You're not supposed to be real. You're supposed to be enough like everyone else to get through and out into the waiting world.”
― Elizabeth Scott, Love You Hate You Miss You

“High school wasn't a trial by fire or some ordeal that had to be survived. It was all a big joke. You just had to provide the laugh track.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Midnighters Manga #1

“Getting you a date to prom is so hard that the hypothetical idea itself is actually used to cut diamonds," I added. Radar tapped a locker twice with his fist to show his approval, and then came back with another. "Ben, getting you a date to prom is so hard that the American government believes the problem cannot be solved with diplomacy, but will instead require force.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“I think we're given multiple chances to meet multiple soulmates. Sure, you could meet a soulmate in highschool. But that doesn't mean if you don't act on it, you'll never meet anyone else. You will, just at a time that's more convenient for you.”
― Meg Cabot, How to Be Popular

“The same boys who got detention in elementary school for beating the crap out of people are now rewarded for it. They call it football.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

“Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.”
― Maya Angelou

“Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you're young. But I don't think we make any fewer when we're grown up.”
― Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes