46 Quotes About Coming-of-age-novel

Oh, if necessity is the mother of invention, who is the Father? Fantasy.

When you touch a man's body, he will enjoy the moment, when you touch a man's heart he will remember it forever.

That girl in the mirror wasn't me. that girl in the mirror had devoured me. Swallowed me whole.

I have to be more than a passenger this time, I have to be a rider." - Flying Change

Dear Diary: I have a confession to make: I’ve become a total idiot over French pastries. They’re my new favorite food. My new-found edible souvenir. My new favorite sin. Dunkin Donuts is so yesterday.

Before I know it, I’m already outside, riding my bike down the hill, the autumn wind biting at my face, peddling as fast as I can, foolishly hoping that if I could just break the speed of light, then … maybe I could be the first boy ever to travel back in time and maybe then … I could go back. Back to when I had a real family.

I think I knew from the first moment I met her, she would be the one to replace me. I didn't think it would happen that fast, but it did.

As Gul predicted, later in the day, Rahmutallah Maamaa came into my chamber, by himself, and offered me a juice box, a slice of watermelon, and Budabash’s life.I declined all three.

When we became teenagers boredom grew like a moth in a cocoon fighting to escape, and the peace created by our parents became a prison. We sought excitement and adventure. We sought anything but the sinless, pure, and average of the faux idyllic.