Young Adult Literature

Famous quotes containing the words young, adult and/or literature:

“There was a young monk from Siberia
Whose morals were very inferior.
He did to a nun
What he shouldn’t have done
And now she’s a Mother Superior.”
—Anonymous.

“It helps parents to feel better if we remind them of our failures with them! And how they turned out just fine despite our imperfections.... We never get over needing nurturing parents. The more we comfort our own adult children, the more they can comfort our grandchildren.”
—Eda Le Shan (20th century)

“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.... American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)