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“I often felt nervous passing through the hallway of my own home, and the Golden State was simply where I lived. For me, there was no California Dreaming. I just was, at the center of it all.”

Book:Making Peace With Paradise: an autobiography of a California girl

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“And then I got older, and, guess what? I still never felt right inside my body. I don't think I ever will. I was kind of flamed out everywhere I went, always got a little less than what I thought I'd get. But I guess that's okay. I think maybe it's necessary to feel like you're not quite settled, or maybe for some people it's necessary.”

Growing Up Identity Anxiety Adolescence

Book:Now Is Not the Time to Panic

Source: Now Is Not the Time to Panic

“At thirteen I learned from Roza's stolen book that girls don't have to be sweet little creatures, that they could in fact be angry and dark and sexual.”

Growing Up Sexuality Teenager Coming Of Age Adolescence

Book:The Writing Retreat

Source: The Writing Retreat

“Harlem What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?”

Poetry Dreams

Book:The Collected Poems

Source: The Collected Poems

“Time gives me the clarity that only comes when the days and the months and the years pile up on each other so you can stand on top of it all and have an unobstructed view.”

Wisdom Growing Up Aging Getting Older

Book:You don't know what you want, do you?

Source: You don't know what you want, do you?

“הוא תמיד ציפה שהיחסים איתם ישתנו ככל שהוא יצבור חוויות, ובאמת לאחרונה הקשר ביניהם הלך והפך ליחסים בין אנשים בוגרים, בצורה שהוא לא יכול היה לדמיין קודם לכן. אבל הוא לא חשב שהוא יהיה חשוף לקצוות החדים ולמגבלות שלהם כל כך מהר וכל כך מוקדם. כמו לגלות פתאום שהעולם הוא כן שטוח ולא נשארו יותר הרפתקאות ודברים מופלאים לחקור בצד השני. במקום זה אתה רק נעלם מעבר לקצה.”

Growing Up

Book:Autoboyography

Source: Autoboyography

“Caminando en línea recta, no puede uno llegar muy lejos”

Growing Up Relfection

Book:El principito

Source: El principito

“It was not random that I was the one who was falling behind. Everything that had happened that night was a sign that I needed to try harder, or I would be alone for the rest of my life. 'I don't feel like a real teenager,' I said. 'I think I failed at it.”

Growing Up Coming Of Age Teenagers Asexual

Book:Loveless

Source: Loveless

“Sometimes things don't go as planned. It's okay to try something new and unexpected. But whatever you do, just have fun.”

Inspiration Fun Growing Up Childhood Solving Problems

Book:Zuri Ray and the Backyard Bash

Source: Zuri Ray and the Backyard Bash

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