“I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not even have sex. Just sleep together, in the most sense of the phrase. But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopel…”— John Green, Miles 'Pudge' Halter, amazon.com
“I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“I am convinced that most people do not grow up. We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.”— Maya Angelou, amazon.com
“I don’t want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com