“A book is actually a place, a place where we, as adults, still have the chance to engage in active imagining, translating word to image, connecting these images to memories, dreams, and larger ideas. Television, film, even the stage play, have already been imagined for us, but the book, in whatever form we choose to interact with it, forces us to complete it.” StillsBookIdeasPlayDreamFilmFormForceMemoriesChanceStageTelevisionAdultsActiveTranslateConnectingStage Play Author:Joe Meno
“I was born in New York but as a baby moved to Venezuela and Argentina. I've also lived in Denmark, where my father's from. I've traveled a lot, and having that sort of background probably increased the chance that I was going to remain curious as an adult about people who are different.” PeopleDifferentFatherBornChanceNew YorkBabyAdultsMovedBackgroundsCuriousTraveledArgentinaVenezuelaDenmark Author:Viggo Mortensen
“I'm not interested in writing for adults. I like them as people! I don't like the way they publish books in that world. Nothing ever gets a chance.” PeopleWorldWayWritingBookChanceAdultsNot InterestedPublish Author:John Green
“Anybody who thinks there is any vague chance of adult exchange with a child is up the spout; and would be much less disappointed if they recognized the chasm unbridgeably dividing them.” IfsThinkingChildrenWould BeChanceAdultsDisappointedVagueDividingChasms Author:Caitlin Thomas
“The kind of response I hope for when I write my novels for children: to give them a chance to recognize something of their own feelings -- about themselves, their parents, their friends -- and their own situation as a kind of subject race, always at the mercy of the adults who mostly run their lives for them.” GivingWritingKindChildrenFeelingsRunningParentChanceRaceSituationNovelSubjectsAdultsMercyResponse Author:Nina Bawden
“A working definition of fathering might be this: fathering is the act of guiding a child to behave in ways that lead to the childs becoming a secure child in full, thus increasing his or her chances of being happy and fruitful as a young adult.” WayChildrenMightYoungChanceBecomingAdultsYoung AdultDefinitionsSecureBehaveFathering Author:Clyde Edgerton
“Why am I more cautious as I age instead of the other way around? I wonder if it's all tied in to failure. I tend to forget my gains and remember only the losses. The failures have piled up, wreaking havoc with my confidence until, as an adult, I've become afraid to take chances.” IfsWayAgeRememberChanceLossForgetWonderAdultsGainsTiedTake A ChanceCautiousHavoc Book:A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman Source: A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman
“Incredibly, nearly 70,000 Young Adults between 15-39 are diagnosed with cancer each year. 10,000 will not survive. This is a very important stat for me, because I fall in this category. I am one of these statistics. Unlike every other age group, there has been no improvement in the 5-year survival of young adults in 30 years. That means many young adults have the same chance of getting cancer and dying from it as they did in the 1970's. This is not OK.” YearsMeanHas BeensImportantAgeYoungFallChanceGroupsDyingSurvivalAdultsYoung AdultCancerImprovementStatisticsCategories Author:Jenna Morasca