#adult

Safe?” Her voice was small, timid and delicate. But beautiful. The one word chimed like little bells. Her first word spoken to me. ↗

— Patricia Lynne

#paranormal #vampires #ya #young-adult #beauty

Grow up and let anyone try to contend with the adult you. ↗

— Margaret Cho

#anyone #contend #grow #grow up #try

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult. ↗

— Fran Lebowitz

#been #child #company #experience #i

There’s always time for arguin’ when you’re a Fuentes. ↗

— Simone Elkeles

#humour #romance #young-adult-fiction #young-adult-romance #funny

I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single. ↗

— Penelope Cruz

#adult #adult life #am #being #come

I hadn't been free from adult responsibilities since I was 12, and I needed to experience that. I really needed to just be a kid again. ↗

— Claire Danes

#again #been #experience #free #hadn

My six handbooks to Jewish life and lifecycle events mostly followed the trajectory of my adult Jewish life. ↗

— Anita Diament

#events #followed #jewish #life #mostly

Fate was a reality, but it wasn’t a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And we’d fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to me to guarantee our survival of it. (Eric) ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#beautiful #choice #destiny #fate #fiction

Have you ever noticed how pretty and beautiful words can be? How easy it is to say the things you think someone wants to hear. How you can affect a person's entire say with just a few measly sentences? ↗

— J. Sterling

#young-adult-fiction #beauty

Cleveland is the place I grew up and lived much of my adult life, so it will always be a part of my soul. ↗

— Mark Edwards

#adult life #always #cleveland #grew #i