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“... I wrote about ... my childhood, when dreams were small and attainable for all. When sweets were a penny and god was a rabbit.”

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Sarah Winman

Sarah Winman is a British actress born in 1964. She has a rich experience in the British theater and film industry, known for her outstanding performances on stage and screen. more

“What’s so beautiful about girls?” I would implore. And the secret society of adults would reply with a smirk and wink as if I was merely a boy who couldn’t possibly have the mental maturity to comprehend such grown-up concepts as love and bleeding vaginas; “You’ll understand someday, James.”

Growing Up Coming Of Age Puberty Puppy Love The Perfect Girl

Book:The Accidental Siren

Source: The Accidental Siren

“And then I know I'm being a man, not just some kid who's upset and wants it his way.”

Growing Up Adults Coming Of Age

Book:The First Part Last

Source: The First Part Last

“Unfortunately, it has come to my attention that the modern world is sorely lacking in imagination. And grown-ups are the biggest culprits of all.”

Imagination Growing Up

Book:The Mapmaker and the Ghost

Source: The Mapmaker and the Ghost

“That time when past begins to look longer than the future”

Growing Up

Book:The Night Climbers of Cambridge

Source: The Night Climbers of Cambridge

“A lot of childhood effort, worry, and whispering goes into cracking the codes of adult life. Children have to be accomplished spies.”

Children Growing Up

Author:Vera B. Williams

“We teach what we need to learn. And we teach it until we get it.”

Growing Up Learning Teaching Listening Maturity

Book:Not Like My Mother: Becoming a sane Parent after Growing up in a Crazy family

Source: Not Like My Mother: Becoming a sane Parent after Growing up in a Crazy family

“But memories were fragile and not to be trusted. They were a weight that Faolin did not need to carry with him when he set out that morning. Things of the past, like the fragile boy he had been, had no place on a man’s journey towards his future.”

Past Growing Up Future

Author:Madeline Claire Franklin

“There is no night porter wandering about in King's. The authorities pay you the compliment, ugly gate-crasher, of treating you as a grown-up. And since we are not grown-up you and I, we will perform our midnight frolics as the inmates burn the midnight oil.”

Growing Up Authority Maturity Midnight

Author:Whipplesnaith

“What must I do now?” Mrs. Muller considered her silently for a while. “You are still a child. You must go where you are told and do as you are told. But it won’t always be so. Soon you will be in charge of yourself. Until that time: Be aware. Listen. Look. Touch. Smell. And remember. But for now, you must go home.”

Children Growing Up Anticipating The Future Do As You Re Told

Book:Strange Neighbours

Source: Strange Neighbours

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