Best Coming Of Age Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“He began to see the truth, that Ged had neither lost nor won but, naming the shadow of his death with his own name, had made himself whole: a man: who, knowing his whole true self, cannot be used or possessed by any power other than himself, and whose life therefore is lived for life's sake and never in the service of ruin, or pain, or hatred, or the dark. In the Creation of Ea, which is the oldest song, it is said, 'Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life: bright the hawk's flight on the empty sky.”

“in any kind of loss, your grief is never abated, prevented, or reduced by not allowing yourself joy and excitement while you actually have the thing. So enjoy it.”

“Some knowledge comes not from curiosity, but from fear.”

“So I decided I would do everything my Dad had not, everything I would need to have the perspective and point of view I felt he lacked, even if it meant getting lost, hurt, in trouble, or ending up somewhere I could never have dreamed of.”

“It made me realize that I had to leave my old life behind, because nobody but me cared about it.”

“Life can be hard and cruel sometimes,”

“He reminds me a bit of myself – I had to learn quickly when I was young.”

“If you ever get lost, you can get your bearings and find your way home. Just remember to find Buffalo Butte and head toward that.”

“Gloomy room”

“The trees are bedecked with snow, the air is perfumed; how sweet, how dark the sultry fragrance. Forever hypnotising, always haunting. I want to inhale the fragrance of your skin, drink from your open mouth.”

“Matt was almost completely naked. A tattered loincloth and an ugly chain with a yellow diamond were his only apparel.”

“Creativity is the catalyst to the future.”

“I had come to the conclusion that everyone took sex far too seriously. I mean, it's only sex.”

“Rough palms cradled my face while my fingers gripped the pillow on either side of his. Lips, teeth, tongue, mingled together. I ate him up and didn’t let go until I had to come up for air.”

“I noticed him right away. No, it wasn’t his lean, rugged face. Or the dark waves of shiny hair that hung just a little too long on his forehead. It wasn’t the slim, collarless biker jacket he wore, hugging his lean shoulders. It was the way he stood. The confident way he waited in the cafeteria line to get a slice of pizza. He didn’t saunter. He didn’t amble. He stood at the center, and let the other people buzz around him. His stance was straight and sure.”

“He’d used the amulet to read my thoughts again.”

“Vane’s lips tightened to suppress a smile. “Why so hostile, love?”

“I caught his hand. “What do you want me to do?”

“Josh gathered his sense of injustice and faced Rodan Man-to-man, or rather, elk-to-elk, no, Netah-to-Netah.”

“Vane grabbed me. “DuLac, let’s chat.”

“Do you think we can be friends?” I asked.”

“I could watch him do this until morning — never asking questions and never interrupting his work. I worship quietly — his intense focus and attention to detail and then, out of no where, I realize the inconvenient, inappropriate truth: ‘I love this man… and it has swallowed me.”

“There's something about the thousands of glittering lights, the veil of nighttime that almost makes this place beautiful, especially in the reflection of the water. It makes everything askew, disoriented. There's more truth in a ripple of water than in a clear day.”

“Those who achieve the extraordinary are usually the most ordinary because they have nothing to prove to anybody. Be Humble.”

“True friends don't come with conditions.”

“Life's trials will test you, and shape you, but don’t let them change who you are.”

“It's in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the earth people who make you feel right at home.”

“From this point forward, you don’t even know how to quit in life.”

“Wisdom begins not in knowing answers, but in knowing what must be asked.”

“There are moments when understanding arrives without words — and once it does, you know that life has already changed.”