“It wasn't until I left that I realised it's not weird to grow up in certain cities and, by the age of 27 or 28, for all of your friends to still be alive. I can think of a lot of kids that I knew in Chicago who were supposed to grow up but didn't.” ThinkingStillsI CanKidsAgeCertainLeftGrowsCitiesGrowing UpAliveChicagoRealised Author:Chance the Rapper
“We marry to grow up, to escape our parents and to inherit our share of the world, not knowing who we are and who we will become, so it is left to marriage to make it clear which ones of us are growing in the same directions and which are ships meant to have passed in the night.” WorldNightLeftGrowsParentMarriageGrowing UpKnowingClearGrowingShareShipsWho We AreNot Knowing Book:Some Men Are More Perfect Than Others Source: Some Men Are More Perfect Than Others
“I started reading Dickens when I was about 12, and I particularly liked all of the orphan books. I always liked books about young people who are left on their own with the world, and the four children's books I've written feature that very thing: children that are abandoned by their families or running away from their families or ignored by their families and having to grow up quicker than they should, like David Copperfield - having to be the hero of their own story.” PeopleWorldShouldChildrenBookStoriesRunningYoungReadingLeftGrowsGrowing UpFourWrittenHeroOur ChildrenFeaturesAbandonedRunning AwayIgnoredOrphanChildren's BooksDickens Author:John Boyne
“Although I feel very French, a part of my heart is in the States. When my brother and I arrived, we didnt really speak any English, and when we left, thats all we spoke when we played together. It was just a beautiful place to grow up.” FeelsHeartStatesTogetherBeautifulLeftSpeakGrowsGrowing UpBrotherMy HeartMy BrotherSpokesBeautiful Places Author:Delphine Arnault
“Somewhere slightly before or after the close of our second decade, we reach a momentous milestone--childhood's end. We have left asafe place and can't go home again. We have moved into a world where life isn't fair, where life is rarely what it should be.” WorldShouldEndsHomeLife IsLeftGrowing UpChildhoodFairsMovedDecadesMilestone Book:Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex Source: Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Ex
“I never considered acting while growing up. I just knew I didn't want to go into the saloon business: I wanted to get away from Kenosha. And once I left, never, ever did it cross my mind to go back. I went to college and thought I'd study law.” WantMindWantedLawLeftActingGrowing UpStudyGrowingCollegeCrossesGet AwaySaloons Author:Don Ameche
“The world changed, and the idea of having a family became feasible for homosexuals. But I was still left with the question as to what it would be like for a child to grow up with gay parents.” WorldChildrenStillsIdeasWould BeLeftGrowsParentGrowing UpChangedGayHomosexualGay Parents Author:Andrew Solomon