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They're a great audience, kids. They actually respond. They don't have the references that adults have, so everything is immediate. It's always interesting to see what they react to in whatever I'm working on at the moment. And they don't even want to discuss why. That's a lesson to remember: My son doesn't care about why.

~Chris Cornell

Topics: About Actually Adult Always Audience Care Discuss Even Everything Great Immediate Interesting Kids Lesson Moment React References Remember Respond See Son Want Whatever Why Working

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If I have any complaints about my youth... one is that many well-meaning adults lied to me. Not spiteful lies with malicious intent but lies designed to prevent emotional and psychological pain - lies told by the people who cared about me most: my parents, teachers, relatives.

~Chris Crutcher

Topics: About Adult Any By The People Cared Complaints Designed Emotional Intent Lied Lies Malicious Many Me Most Pain Parents People Prevent Psychological Relatives Spiteful Teachers Well-Meaning Who Youth

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I think the value in books like mine, and a great number by other talented writers, is in the ability to bring dark subjects into the open where they are not so dark, where they can be talked about and considered by teens and adults alike.

~Chris Crutcher

Topics: Ability About Adult Alike Books Bring Considered Dark Great Like Mine Number Open Other Subjects Talented Talked Teens Think Value Where Writers I Think

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The kids you turn your backs on when you take away their stories are the ones who lose, as well as you as a community of adults who may appear to fear their truths.

~Chris Crutcher

Topics: Adult Appear Away Backs Community Fear Kids Lose May Stories Take Truths Turn Well Who You Your

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I picture Generation X as young adults living in a state of perpetual adolescence.

~Chris Eigeman

Topics: Adolescence Adult Generation Living Perpetual Picture State Young Young Adults

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I've raised three kids: my wife and I have three kids. I've observed through direct contact the adults they are now is partially the product of where they came from and what we did. With them growing up, but partially how they were wired at birth.

~Chris Hadfield

Topics: Adult Birth Came Contact Did Direct Growing Growing Up How Kids Now Observed Product Raised Them Three Through Up Were Where Wife Wired

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I've gone from being bullied by jocks as a kid to being bullied by nerds as an adult.

~Chris Hardwick

Topics: Adult Being Bullied Gone Kid Nerds

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As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who we become as adults.

~Chris Hemsworth

Topics: Adult Around Become Experiences Kids Opinions Our Ourselves Shape Us Who World

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The thing I really believe deep down is that everybody has a gift for something. Our job as adults is to make sure all children have the opportunity to find their gift.

~Chris Martin

Topics: Adult Believe Children Deep Deep Down Down Everybody Find Gift Job Make Opportunity Our Really Something Sure Thing

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I'm not surprised that my books appeal to adults.

~Chris Van Allsburg

Topics: Adult Appeal Books Surprised

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