you know what her punishment is for tormenting you way back when?" he said.I looked at him.He said, "her punishment is being her,

It all takes time and lessons and places, but I’m learning to listen to my restless heart, telling me to “go, go, go!

If growing up means it would be beneath my dignity to climb a tree, I'll never grow up, never grow up, never grow up! Not me!

Remember, it's still a mystery to be an adult. If you knew it all before eighteen, you'd have nothing to look forward to.

... I wrote about ... my childhood, when dreams were small and attainable for all. When sweets were a penny and god was a rabbit.

It's really best not to tell people when you feel bad. Growing up is about keeping secrets, and pretending everything is fine.

I don't think I'd have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I'd known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.

But, really, are there any guys out there who aren’t jerks? I don’t even know any grown-up men who aren’t jerks.

Growing up gorilla is just like any other kind of growing up. You make mistakes. You play. You learn. You do it all over again.

I kept waiting for the part where I’d finally know who I was — some flashing, neon moment of relief, but it never came.

We were still at the age when girls are years older than guy, and the guys grow up by doing their best when the girls need them to.

Most people made comments on how I was the strongest woman they knew.That was before the title wave of disaster hit my charmed life.

As a man begins to understand the sacrifices he must make to live the life he dreams of, he often loses his courage for such a life.

You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.

I haven’t been very impressed lately.By people,or places,or the way someone said he loved me and then slowly changed his mind.