Young Adult Literature

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

    I should not urge thy duty past thy might.
    I know young bloods look for a time of rest.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    The truth is, no matter how trying they become, babies two and under don’t have the ability to make moral choices, so they can’t be “bad.” That category only exists in the adult mind.
    Anne Cassidy (20th century)

    ...I have come to make distinctions between what I call the academy and literature, the moral equivalents of church and God. The academy may lie, but literature tries to tell the truth.
    Dorothy Allison (b. 1949)