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“I hated the things that grew out of my body, my breasts, my hair—even as I imagined they could someday make me sexy. That's what I wanted to be: sexy, not comfortable; pretty, not able; wanted, not admired.”

Book:Advice I Ignored: Stories and Wisdom from a Formerly Depressed Teenager

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“Rosie knew this moment from raising four other children to this point already, the one where suddenly your kids know more than you do about something they've discovered all on their own, something real and important not just cartoons or video games. Amazing was exactly what it was." Chap. "Hedge Enemies”

Children Growing Up Parents

Book:This Is How It Always Is

Source: This Is How It Always Is

“When I became too tall, too loud, too strong, I became invisible.”

Life Growing Up Feeling Invisible

Book:Moments at Midnight: A Poetry Collaboration

Source: Moments at Midnight: A Poetry Collaboration

“The land we grow up on patterns us, we become a part of the energetic mosaic of the living experience that draws its life from the land and draws its breath from the trees.”

Nature Growing Up Life Quote

Book:The Art of Becoming: Creating Abiding Fulfillment in an Unfulfilled World

Source: The Art of Becoming: Creating Abiding Fulfillment in an Unfulfilled World

“Rose,' he said. 'I suddenly feel old. I did not realize how the years had gone by. Do not try to look sympathetic because you cannot possibly understand.' Yes, I can. I have just spent a week with Class 1 and they are like people from another plane, but really they are just me, five years ago. Indigo and Saffy and Sarah and Caddy have changed too. They are turning into the sort of people I used to call Grown Up and I cannot stop them, although I would if I could. I would slow them down, anyway. Sometimes I want to shout, 'Wait for me! Wait for me!' Like I did when I was little and they walked too fast. They always slowed down back then, however much of a hurry they were in, but I do not think they can turn back now. So I do understand.”

Growing Up Rose Nostalgia Slow Down Bill Casson

Author:Hilary McKay

“To grow up is to realize the extent to which your existence has been governed by systems of rules, vague guidelines, and increasingly unsupportable norms that have been imposed on you without your consent and are subject to change at a moment’s notice. There were even some rules that you’d only find out about after you’d violated them.”

Growing Up Rules

Book:Permanent Record

Source: Permanent Record

“The world itself becomes a habit in no time at all. It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world.”

Wonder Growing Up

Book:Sophie’s World

Source: Sophie’s World

“Obviously, it's a huge deal when your little girl starts to turn into a woman, but the change has a gentle fluidity, so it seems to happen like time-lapse photography of a flower blooming.”

Growing Up Daughter Blossoming

Book:The Scent of You

Source: The Scent of You

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