818 Quotes About Coming-of-age

It was cold out here in this world beyond childhood.

The highway of grace will get you somewhere a whole lot faster then the freeway of spite.

Gloomy roomimmersed in a scentof modern cowardsfilled withshapeless creaturessitting in silencebecause they havenothing to sayFake plastic faceswith a grimaceof disappointmentpainted on themAre we stuck on holdexpecting our turnin a waiting roomof so-calledlost generation?

Maybe you were never actually lonely for other people. All along, maybe you were lonely for the earth.

In reaching for stone, wood, water, and feather, I found my own edges softening, scars fading.

I was surfing the Internet for a different sort of education. I surfed for photos of circus freaks and synonyms for the word intercourse and for answers to why staring at the stars in the evening tore my heart with longing.

For starters, I don't even know what my dreams are. All I know is that I feel... restless. And I'd love to do something different, you know? Something new.

And the more I think about it, the more frustrated I get by the entire concept of a backup plan. Because it only ever seems to pertain to people who are interested in art, music, theater--and yes, the circus. Nobody would ever dream of going up to someone in medical school and telling them, 'Gee, I really think you should have a backup plan. You know, just in case this doesn't work out for you.

Our lives are not mapped, they are made.