Young Adult Literature

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

    “The trouble with the young people today is that it is they who are young.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “And I, whose childhood
    Is a forgotten boredom,
    Feel like a child
    Who comes on a scene
    Of adult reconciling,
    And can understand nothing
    But the unusual laughter,
    And starts to be happy.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in America the successful writer or picture-painter is indistinguishable from any other decent businessman.”
    —Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951)