Coming Of Age Quotes

(pt. 2 of "Sometimes the things that may or may not be true...") You remember that, boy. You remember that. Doesn't matter if it's true or not. You see, a man should believe in those things, because those are the things worth believing in.

Some changes happen deep down inside of you. And the truth is, only you know about them. Maybe that's the way it's supposed to be.

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too...
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!"

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.

You can do whatever you want if you believe in yourself.

What I was really hanging around for, I was trying to feel some kind of a good-by. I mean I've left schools and places I didn't even know I was leaving them. I hate that. I don't care if it's a sad good-by or a bad good-by, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it.

Bonecrunching Giant crunches up two wopsey whiffling human beans for supper every night! Noise is earbursting! Noise of crunching bones goes crackety-crack for miles around!

Oh, how I wish
For a big fat fish!
I'm as hungry as ever could be!
A dish of fish is my only wish!
How far are we from the sea?

We're a fabulous crew,
And we know what to do,
And we never stop work to drink tea.
All your windows will glow
When we give them a go,
The Giraffe and the Pelly and me!

"Here is the repulsant snozzcumber!’ cried the BFG, waving it about. "I squoggle it! I mispise it! I dispunge it! But because I is refusing to gobble up human beans like the other giants, I must spend my life guzzling up icky-poo snozzcumbers instead!"

You realize we're all going to go to college as virgins. They probably have special dorms for people like us.

Adolescence is a marketing tool.

A Message to Children Who Have Read This Book - When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: a stodgy parent is no fun at all. What a child wants and deserves is a parent who is SPARKY.

Lester Bangs: What, are you like the star of your school?
William: They hate me.
Lester Bangs: You'll meet them all again on their long journey to the middle.