“Every time I look at it, It looks back at me I love the sea, its waters are blue And the sky is too And the sea is very dear to me If when I grow up and the sea is still there Then I’ll open my eyes and smell the fresh air Because the sea is very dear to me The sea is very calm and that’s why I like it there The sand is brand new and the wind blows in my hair And the sea is very dear to me.” IfsLooksStillsEyeGrowsWaterGrowing UpAirSeaSkyWindHairBlueCalmDearBlowSmellBrandsSandBrand NewFresh Air Book:This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl Source: This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
“When you grow up in Bel Air and shop only in expensive boutiques on Rodeo and Robertson, you develop a kind of allergy to anything unpretty -clothes, cars... even people... you start thinking that if you hang around unattractive people, their homeliness can be contagious.” PeopleIfsThinkingKindGrowsGrowing UpAirCarClothesExpensiveShopsContagiousUnattractiveAllergiesRodeo Author:Nicole Richie
“Everything we play when we are growing up, is team related. In this game (of golf) you can find all the answers yourself. You don't need to throw the ball in the air and play catch with yourself. You get a bucket of balls and go out there with your clubs, and you hit and learn and you get better. And there's no top.” NeedsPlayGamesAnswersGrowing UpGrowingAirTeamBallsGolfClubsGet BetterRelatedBuckets Author:George Lopez
“My mother married again after my father's death - another Royal Air Force officer, and a very different kind of man. We went to Australia when I was eight or nine. We lived there for a couple of years, and then came back and lived in North Wales for the whole of my teenage years... I learned how to write poems quite a lot. I just had a good time reading and reading and reading. So that's where I did most of my growing up.” MenWritingYearsKindDifferentWholeMotherReadingFatherForceGrowing UpGrowingAirCoupleMarriedEightNineGood TimesAustraliaOfficersDifferent KindsTeenageRoyalAir ForceWalesTeenage YearsHad A Good Time Author:Philip Pullman
“The weed crushed and pressed by the heavy rock may slowly and gently grow up anew helped by the fresh air, sunshine, and sympathetic rain. On the other hand, the rock is often broken through exposure to nature and weathering. Life is a strong power to grow in tenderness; this fact may be considered as having a close relation with human life. At the same time tenderness has sometimes stronger power against stiffness or hardening due to extreme strain.” HumansMaySometimesFactsHandsLife IsStrongGrowsGrowing UpAirRocksBrokenRainRelationStrongerHeavyExtremesDuesHuman LifeSunshineWeedTendernessStrainExposureCrushedSympatheticFresh AirStiffness Author:Kyuzo Mifune
“The only thing my mum could afford growing up was to be able to look after me and my brother so the only thing that I wanted when I grew up was to be able to look after my mum. So when I could, I bought her a house and then I got her a car as well and I got her a little air freshener to put in her car and on it, it said "life is a journey not a destination."” WellsLooksLittlesSaidAbleWantedLife IsHouseGrowing UpGrowingAirJourneyCarBrotherGrewGrew UpMy BrotherDestinationMumLife Is A JourneySaid Life Author:John Newman
“When we were growing up we only got two pairs of shoes every year. With me, I was lucky because I got three pairs of shoes, the third were basketball shoes: Black Air Force Ones, White Air Force Ones, and boots for the winter.” YearsTwoThreeForceBlackWhiteGrowing UpGrowingAirLuckyBasketballThirdsWinterShoesPairsBootsAir ForcePair Of Shoes Author:Iman Shumpert