Young Adult Readers Quotes

#1. Misconceptions about Young Adult fiction aren't new to fans of the genre. From being dismissed as mindless fluff for 'Twilight'-obsessed tweens, to constant warnings that the genre is dying, kerfuffles between the media and readers occur with alarming regularity.

Jennifer Armintrout

#2. I am trying to come up with some "adult" reads, but I mostly read young adult fiction (my job), which, by the way is excellent. I will post about some of my favorites that should appeal to adult readers

Megan McCafferty

#3. To-day, I will seek not the shadowy region;
Its unsustaining vastness waxes drear;
And visions rising, legion after legion,
Bring the unreal world too strangely near.

Emily Bronte

#4. They swallow God without thinking, they swallow country without thinking. Soon they forget how to think, they let others think for them.

Charles Bukowski

#5. The establishment is a dirty, dangerous beast, and the BBC is a mouthpiece for that.

Ken Stott

#6. 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

#7. The things about others that irritate, annoy, and unsettle us are the very things we have not accepted and embraced about ourselves

R. Alan Woods

#8. Are you imperfect, romantically irrational, ridiculously fearless, and utterly illogical? You're my ideal reader, friend, partner. I'm your fan.

Brook Tesla

#9. Among my books, the ones that sell best are for readers between the ages of 8 and 12. According to a study by the Association of American Publishers, the largest area of industry growth in 2014 was in the children and young adult category.

Kate Klise

#10. In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.

Maggie Stiefvater

#11. You don't bring in a gay character as a way of commenting on gay issues. You have one there because he's real, and that's his life, no less so than your life is yours.

Teju Cole

#12. Everybody knows, nobody's talking - from LIE
debut novel coming September 1st from St. Martin's Press

Caroline Bock

#13. Do Christians in fact eagerly long for Christ's return? The more Christians are caught up in enjoying the good things of this life, and the more they neglect genuine Christian fellowship and their personal relationship with Christ, the less they will long for his return.

Wayne A. Grudem