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“I'm probably better known in the US as a YA writer, I have a huge body of adult horror and fantasy behind me.”

Body Behinds Known Fantasy Huge Horror Adults

Author:Michael Scott

“I don't kind of want to be known as a one-trick pony who just does the adult-alternative song once a year that makes it onto the radio and people sort of think it's nice.”

People Thinking Want Years Kind Doe Song Known Nice Adults Radio Tricks Alternatives Ponies

Author:Ed Sheeran

“I have known many people who were seduced as children by same-sex partners and then spent their teen years being gay, and then found their way back to heterosexuality as adults.”

People Way Years Children Found Sex Known Gay Adults Partners Being Gay Heterosexuality

Author:Nell Zink

“How many films are there about friendships between teenagers? And how many projects are there dealing with friendships among adults? True friendships - really dealing with the intimacy behind what happened then, and how long you've known each other, and the wounds that haven't healed. That's what [About Alex] film is about.”

Long Film Behinds Known Happened Havens Projects Adults Wounds Intimacy Teenager True Friend Healed True Friendship Alex About Friendship

Author:Nate Parker

“I have known lots of adults who enjoyed similar enthusiasms as a kid and weren't encouraged and then didn't go anywhere with it and so they're unhappy in their jobs as adults.”

Kids Jobs Known Adults Unhappy Enthusiasm Enjoyed

Author:William Joyce

“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.”

Knows Way Children Has Beens Ends Faces Three Known Adults And Love Mirrors Spokes Face To Face Hope And Love Faith Hope Faith Hope And Love

Author:Chico Xavier

“Though now we think of fairy tales as stories intended for very young children, this is a relatively modern idea. In the oral tradition, magical stories were enjoyed by listeners young and old alike, while literary fairy tales (including most of the tales that are best known today) were published primarily for adult readers until the 19th century.”

“It's a little known fact, but parents are like superheroes. With just a few magic words they can make you feel ten feet tall and bulletproof, they can slay the dragons of doubt and worry, they can make your problems disappear. But of course they can only do this as long as you're a child. When you've become an adult, become the master of your own universe, they're not as powerful as they once were. Maybe that's why so many of us take our time growing up.”

Source: Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You

“There are still many unsolved problems about bird life, among which are the age that birds attain, the exact time at which some birds acquire their adult dress, and the changes which occur in this with years. Little, too, is known about the laws and routes of bird migration, and much less about the final disposition of the untold thousands which are annually produced.”

Years Littles Stills Problem Age Law Science Known Bird Research Adults Dresses Finals Acquire Routes Disposition Migration Unsolved Problems

Author:Paul Bartsch

“It is evident, therefore, that one of the most fundamental problems of psychology is that of investigating the laws of mental growth. When these laws are known, the door of the future will in a measure be opened; determination of the child's present status will enable us to forecast what manner of adult he will become.”

Children Problem Law Science Growth Known Psychology Doors Future Adults Determination Fundamentals Evident Forecasts Investigating

Book:The Intelligence of School Children: How Children Differ in Ability, the Use of Mental Tests in School Grading and the Proper Education of Exceptional Children

Source: The Intelligence of School Children: How Children Differ in Ability, the Use of Mental Tests in School Grading and the Proper Education of Exceptional Children