"It was more as if she had brought them up—perhaps through indifference or through laziness or even through some kind of possessive cruelty—with an imperfect sense of right and wrong . It was as if they could never know when they were being good or when they were being bad." -on a young Sir Gawaine and his brothers in T.H.White's The Once and Future King, pg 214 This quote comes from one of my favorite pieces of literature--one of the few books on the "classics" list that I've picked up and really, really enjoyed reading. I'm more of a reader of contemporary young adult novels of the fantasy/sci-fi realm ( The Hunger Games , The Ender Universe, His Dark Materials , The Lost Years of Merlin ...and, Twilight , unfortunately. But it was a necessary part of growing up.) So The Once and Future King sorta fits that fantasy/coming of age novel feel, minus the "contemporary" bit. I read this book when I was a freshman in high school...
"If you're going to read this, don't bother." -Chuck Palahniuk