And I still don’t know what I would do next. I still don’t know how to become an adult. But I know for sure that my parents would be proud of me, proud of their three daughters, no matter what path we choose. And it doesn’t matter if we get lost or choose the wrong path, because what matters is choosing to get back up once again.

— Marcella Purnama

I realized I would be forced to run away from home if someone tried to arrange a marriage for me. I didn't want to think about it.

— Elizabeth Wein

I squinted at her. “You’re an adult.” “You’re an adult too.” “But you’re an older adult. You’ve had more practice.” Mom leaned back and laughed.

— Ilona Andrews

Our Peter Pan generation is unhappy. All our lives, we want to grow up—to be treated like adults, to have freedom to choose. Then we get here and it turns out being an adult sucks. We pay the bills and taxes, watching others succeed while we are forever waiting for our turn. We believe we are special, but nothing special has come our way.

— Marcella Purnama

Shout out to everyone transcending mindset, mentality, desire, belief, emotion, habit, behavior or vibration, that no longer serves them.

— Lalah Delia

There’s a quote that has been said too many times by too many people: I must have done something right to deserve you in my life. Perhaps despite all our wrong doings and mistakes, despite all our failures and imperfections, we have done something right, for something good still happens in life.

— Marcella Purnama

They say it is hard to raise children. They say I would understand it when I have children of my own. Furthermore, they say I would understand it when I go through the experience myself. It is not easy to raise children into adults. There are so many things that could go wrong.

— Marcella Purnama