Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.

That boy made me realize, for a while at least, that my parents were wrong, and I didn't have to be like them.

Hm. Didn’t you use to be a lot smaller?”“Yes,” said Jinx. “Because I used to be six.

That was his mother. When she wasn't crying over the breakfast cereal, she was laughing about killing herself.

I don't really enjoy it, Mom.""And you've always felt this way?""I don't know. I guess I want a break.

They sealed this promise by hooking pinkies, the way they used to, long ago, when promises didn't hurt as much.

Jump, when they say, and ask, how high? It is the only way to truly fit in. And who would want to be any different?

They soon stopped being ten years old. But whatever age they were seemed to be exactly the right age for having fun.

It turns out, after a lot of exploration, that I'm not really a princess. A swell gal, sure, but not a princess.

Oh! Polly thought. Why aren't all girls locked up by law the year they turn fifteen? They do such stupid things!

Realizing that many you once thought the world of are nothing but glorified assholes means you've grown up. 

Because…sometimes I think you meet people and they make you better, even if you’re not with them forever.

Until you're grown-up they send you to reform school. After you're grown-up they send you to the penitentiary.

Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you're young. But I don't think we make any fewer when we're grown up

She's growing up," Sister Evangeline said.And I wanted to tell her no, I'm not. Everything is exactly the same.