“I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.” CountryBeautifulDangerousGrewGrew UpNature Love Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“Happiness is a fragile thing, and alcohol, as I know from the house I grew up in, is dangerous to it.” KnowsHouseDangerousGrewGrew UpDrinkingAlcoholFragileAlcoholismFragile Things Author:Marian Engel
“We moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1979, when I was five. The funny thing is that, even though Baltimore had one of the top murder rates in the country in those days, I grew up hearing about how dangerous New York was.” CountryFiveDangerousNew YorkGrewGrew UpMurderMovedRateHearingFunny ThingsBaltimoreMaryland Author:Philipp Meyer
“I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi drivers wouldn't even go over the bridge, it was so dangerous.” KindDangerousNew YorkGrewGrew UpAreasHipsThese DaysBridgesDriversBrooklynTaxiBrooklyn New YorkWilliamsburg Author:Barry Manilow
“When we Chinese girls listened to the adults talk-story, we learned that we failed if we grew up to be but wives or slaves. We could be heroines, swordswomen. Even if she had to rage across all China, a swordswoman got even with anybody who hurt her family. Perhaps women were once so dangerous that they had to have their feet bound.” IfsStoriesGirlHurtWifeFeetDangerousGrewGrew UpAdultsIndependenceSlaveBoundsChinaRageChineseHeroines Book:The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts Source: The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
“My father was a racing driver, his name is Don Halliday. I grew up with it all around me. I have always been into fast, dangerous sports, even as a child. As soon as I got in a car I knew it was for me and that I would enjoy racing and competing. My mother was also involved in Solo One. She always said I was like my father and would want to compete one day.” WantChildrenSaidMotherFatherNamesSportsEnjoyDangerousCarGrewInvolvedOne DayGrew UpDriversRacingSoloCompetingRacing DriverDangerous Sports Author:Liz Halliday
“I grew up in northern Minnesota on 40 acres of wooded land 20 miles from the nearest town, and so the wilderness was home. It was not an unsafe place. I had that advantage. But there are so many representations of the wilderness being dangerous. You know, depictions of wild animals attacking people. It's like, "No, we kill those animals in far greater numbers than they kill us."” PeopleKnowsHomeAnimalNumbersGreaterLandDangerousGrewGrew UpAdvantageTownsMilesWildernessRepresentationAttackingAcresWild AnimalMinnesotaUnsafeDepiction Author:Cheryl Strayed
“What I did find out because I grew up with a lot of chaos early on: sometimes, you're born into a family, and their norm is already in your red zone of dangerous feeling or feeling too chaotic. You don't get to really do anything about that when you're a kid.” SometimesFeelingsKidsBornDangerousGrewGrew UpRedChaosZoneNormChaotic Author:Patricia Arquette
“I grew up with a lot of cats like that and they always were so surprising, magnetic, and electrifying. You can't be with them too long because they burn you out but the energy, the impulsivity, and the freedom connecting them to their animal energy is just so powerful to watch. It's dangerous to live like that but it's riveting to watch.” LongEnergyAnimalPowerfulWatchesDangerousGrewGrew UpCatSurprisingConnectingMagnetic Author:John Leguizamo
“One potential long-term problem with many current digital libraries is that they grew out of and aresupported by bricks-and-mortar libraries. Although there is nothing inherently wrong with that arrangement, inreality it creates a potentially dangerous situation that I call "the other digital divide."” LongProblemTermSituationDangerousGrewLibraryCurrentsLong TermDigitalDividesArrangementsBricksMortarDangerous SituationsBricks And MortarDigital Divide Author:Tom Peters