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“The greatest journeys didn’t arrive on smooth breezes. They swept in on gales that brought crashing thunder and torrents of barbwire rain.”

Book:Falls the Breath

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“Her face, made pastel by the light of her computer monitor, reflected in the window. She failed to recognize the girl, thought seeing her now was like a dream belonging to someone else, and that she had been asleep all her life. She didn’t want to see herself, looked beyond the image to the ancient oak tree in the yard. Massive with a crook in the center that looked like a twisted smile, it reached for her with branches that curled like a stranger’s hands.”

Growing Up Traumatic Experiences Paranormal Urban Fiction

Book:Falls the Breath

Source: Falls the Breath

“Adulthood Illnesses" If only adulthood illnesses were like those in childhood: they are cured with a kiss from mom, a hot bowl of soup, a warm cup of milk, and one tablespoon of honey, even if adulterated... [Original poem published in Arabic on November 14, 2023 at ahewar.org]”

Love Growing Up Childhood Illness Motherhood Old Age Wishes Arabic Poetry Diseases

Author:Louis Yako

“In the adult world to which I suddenly realized we all belonged, I supposed a triangle would be substituted for the outline of a heart. Well, after all, what was a triangle but a heart with the grace taken out of it?”

Growing Up Hearts Triangles

Book:And Now Tomorrow

Source: And Now Tomorrow

“The weight of youth is light, yes, but life generally grows heavier into adulthood. This, embedded as deep as the most human social construct, reaches even territories of natural law: we call it 'responsibility' - or the harmony kept afloat by able grown-ups carrying their own weight.”

Responsibility Growing Up Youth Independence Maturity Adulthood Life Is Hard Take Care Of Yourself Growing Pains Carry Your Own Weight

Author:Criss Jami

“Growing up, any sort of fireworks were strictly prohibited by mom (and the law?). That said, the Fourth of July was a bit of an insane clusterf- of lights, bangs and danger.”

Growing Up Danger Mom Insane Fireworks Lights Fourth Of July Bang Cluster

Author:Aesop Rock

“It was as if I hadn't learned a single thing in the seven years I'd lived independently, as if my mother refused to acknowledge knowledge attained from any source which wasn't her.”

Growing Up Mothers Mothers And Daughters

Book:A Line Made By Walking

Source: A Line Made By Walking

“You were a strange boy and you've grown into a stranger man, but a unique one, I think.”

Growing Up Strange

Book:The Devil and the Dark Water

Source: The Devil and the Dark Water

“When I get bigger, I'll probably be able to stay up longer. I hope I grow up soon.”

Growing Up Manga Chiyo

Book:Azumanga Daioh: The Omnibus

Source: Azumanga Daioh: The Omnibus

“The me I am is not the me I was. Just like the me I am is not the me I will be.”

Inspirational Growing Up

Author:Val Emmi, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

“One day you realise your youth has passed you by and the train's left, if you see what I mean.' 'There's always another train. Always”

Hope Growing Up

Book:The Prisoner of Heaven

Source: The Prisoner of Heaven

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