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“Little hooligans showing off is okay when they do it away from us, but we don't need that kind of behaviour. You have to have standards. Would have done the same when I was their age, but I'm not. Now is now. There's no room for nostalgia.”

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Book:The Football Factory

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“La sensazione era che la vita si era ristretta, diventando adulti. I fatti diminuivano e aumentavano i ragionamenti sui fatti. La sensazione era anche che la vita diventava più costante, scandita dall’abitudine. E le novità erano fuggevoli, oltre che rare. Come se tutto dovesse svolgersi con più precisione, meno sorpresa.”

Growing Up Adulthood

Book:Il desiderio di essere come tutti

Source: Il desiderio di essere come tutti

“Do we let our children be the way they want to be? Do we let them feel what they want to feel? We don't. We constantly try to change them. There is a difference between changing and moulding.”

Inspirational Growing Up Child Rearing Moulding Don T Change

Book:The Diary on the Fifth Floor

Source: The Diary on the Fifth Floor

“She was constantly running after her daughter, who took life at full speed. Sylvie was a firecracker. Piper loved her daughter'd exuberance, her happy and joyous nature; she even admired her defiance, which she knew mirrored her own. As Sylvie grew into a young girl, it became obvious that she took after her mother. Sylvie could pass for almost anything: Asian, Latin, Eastern European. Like Autumn Avening, she looked like she could be from anywhere and everywhere. Piper didn't think that she herself was truly beautiful, yet even though she saw her own features on her daughter, Sylvie was the most striking child she had ever seen.”

Growing Up Mother And Daughter Sylvie Shigeru Piper Shigeru

Book:When Autumn Leaves

Source: When Autumn Leaves

“Con l’adolescenza i gesti d’affetto della figlia erano diventati rari – un bacetto sulla guancia, un mezzo abbraccio svogliato – e per questo ancora più preziosi. Era così che andavano le cose, si era detta Mia, ma quanto era dura. Un abbraccio di tanto in tanto, la testa appoggiata per un istante sulla tua spalla, quando la cosa che avresti voluto più di ogni altra era cingerli tra le braccia e tenerli talmente stretti da diventare una cosa sola e inseparabile. Era come allenarti a vivere del solo profumo di una mela quando in realtà avresti voluto divorarla, affondarvi i denti e consumarla fino ai semi, al torsolo, tutto quanto.”

Children Growing Up Motherhood

Book:Little Fires Everywhere

Source: Little Fires Everywhere

“Puberty. The word itself sounded like a half-digested lump of rubber.”

Humor Growing Up Funny Quotes Puberty Growing Up Quotes

Book:American Ghosts

Source: American Ghosts

“I don’t know what happened to me,” he said, shaking his head. “I honestly don’t.” Bennie glanced at him, a middle-aged man with chaotic silver hair and thoughtful eyes. “You grew up, Alex,” he said, “just like the rest of us.”

Growing Up

Book:A Visit From the Goon Squad

Source: A Visit From the Goon Squad

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