818 Quotes About Coming-of-age

How'd you know that would help, Grandma?Used to have a regular who had attacks like that all the time. Poor guy. He was an accountant, loveless marriage-most of em were back then-and vaginas scared the bejeezus outta him.

Don't think about that. Just believe I'll be okay.

Patience is the virtue that forges great men.

When it was time to board my flight, I took one last glance back. I knew that I had everything with me so it was not a "make sure I have everything" glance. It was more like a parting glance to Philadelphia, my home, America- for I would not be coming back for ten months. (Ch 5- Twenty in Paris)

I know that the future seems hard and scary, but it will get better, I promise. It's time for you to move on. Get going.

It's in a can. It's good forever.

Partying and dancing have never been my thing, but drinking I could do with reasonable familiarity and skills. I decided to begin there.

I write letters to you that you’ll never see.

He looked at me, that first day, like he had just found something he’d lost a thousand years ago.