“Al met al kun je gerust stellen dat je ongestoord een vrouw kunt worden, met jongens kunt vrijen, ontmaagd kunt worden, voor het eerst met een jongen naar bed kunt gaan [...] zonder een ander, rijper, wijzer of sterker mens te worden.”
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“I think it is a part of growing up, learning to control our suffering.”
“When you're finally a grown-up, one of the things you find is that there are no grown-ups.”
“Perhaps I just wanted to know what it was that I wanted. Maybe that is all that growing up means.”
“My existence is young like the blossoming leaves. I have experienced nothing yet.”