You get olderand you are a whole mess of things,new thoughts, sorry feelings,big plans, enormous doubts,goling along hoping and getting disappointed,over and over again,no wonder I don't recognizemy little crayon picture.It appears to be meand it isand it is not.

~ Virginia Euwer Wolff

Virginia Euwer Wolff Growth Identity Life Self

I tell you this because books for young readers are so often written about that very moment: the moment of the fork. The moment the old man cannot return to.

~ Virginia Euwer Wolff

Virginia Euwer Wolff Books Change Retrospect Young Adult

I sure would like to get kissed.How would that feel on my mouth,How different would I be after,a changed climate down in my insides?

~ Virginia Euwer Wolff

Virginia Euwer Wolff Kiss Love True Believer

Some people make a bad bed, they just have to lie in it.

~ Virginia Euwer Wolff

Virginia Euwer Wolff Adversity Hard Times Life The Way Of Life Tough

He could add something to the list of things you weren't supposed to do. Don't get hurt, don't get dirty, don't get drunk, don't get scared, don't count on it. You ended up doing all of them.

~ Virginia Euwer Wolff

Virginia Euwer Wolff Growing Up Teens