Eliot Schrefer Calling a book ‘young adult’ is only important in that it can help get a book to the right reader. After that, it’s a useless abstraction and should be discarded. – Eliot Schrefer Abstraction Quotes Adult Quotes Book Quotes Calling Quotes Discarded Quotes Reader Quotes Useless Quotes Anguish over the loss of a loved one or feelings of helplessness have complex roots. But in the end, they make you feel bad because they adjust your brain’s chemistry. Happiness and its opposite are both electro-chemical reactions; those reactions are temporary and ineffable and could even have hidden benefits. With few exceptions, the publishing industry has come to a consensus: if a book has a young protagonist, and if its worldview is primarily interested in the questions that crop up when coming of age, then it’s a young adult novel.
Jimmy Butler I don’t change the way that I play. I love the game of basketball, man. I ride with these guys in this locker room. They know that. If I’ve got something to say to them, I will say it. You may not like the way that it comes across. That’s fine. But that’s who I am. – Jimmy Butler
Kevin OlusolaMedical I never thought that I would pursue a cappella music. I went to Yale College and I was going to go into the medical field. – Kevin Olusola
Mitski If I ever found a place where I belonged, that in itself would be an identity crisis to me. – Mitski
Dennis Skinner Isn’t it essential in any prelude to a war to be sure of your allies and be sure of your objectives? – Dennis Skinner
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