818 Quotes About Coming-of-age

For some people history is a Beach or a Tower or a Graveyard. For me it was a giant primordial Toyshop with all its windows gloriously ablaze…It was my present for being alive.

Kayla,' I exclaim. 'There may be bad police officers out there, but I can assure you that there will be no harm towards you or anyone else. Like I said before, a policeman's job is to protect people. And if they can't, that's an issue for the officer. But for now, don't worry about it.

Hip-hop, this thing we love that loves us back, is our lingua franca.

not knowing what I needed to do or where I needed to go, I knew all the same that I was going in the right direction.

I knew that I had reached the end of childhood once I realized that adults in my life didn't know anymore than I did.

Mom says you get two birthdays. The first one is the day you are born. The second one is the day you leave home and give birth to yourself.

I’ve strived to be a lionall my lifebecause they tell me boysare made of fangs and bloodbut maybe there ismore to us and weare wolves withgreater patience forlong hunts at night.

Life many gay people of my generation, I would not behave like a teenager until I was in my twenties.

I'm starting to think I'll never be a woman. Or worst of all, I've actually been one all along.