Youth Transition Gifts

'Some of these young school leavers aren't remotely prepared for the realities of the modern work environment.'

The fate of the emigrant

'For your information, I am engaging the energy of change and complexity to create the future I desire.'

News Internecine: Murdoch succession battle

"I cancelled the cable, turned off the phone, shut down the internet. . . where the hell am I??"

'Isn't it time you started thinking about cars instead of horsie rides?'

"Your mother and I want to make your 21st birthday a moving experience. We'll help you pack."

'Chicken soup for dummies who don't sweat the small stuff.'

"Hon, I'm taking your advice and starting a new chapter."

"It's a coming-of-middle-age story."

Doubt or Certainy

The end of innocence

'So push has come to shove...'

Women

Pubertry

PastFuture.

'He loves me...he loves me not...he loves me...hey, this flower is missing a petal!'

"Yesterday we're caterpillars, today this. Can't wait to see what's next."

"I love the smell of unemployment in the morning."

Leadership in the Covid-19 era

"I don't get this whole age thing...I waited all year to turn nine, but now I don't feel any older!"

'Why do you want an earring? You can't even see it!'

"Just be happy you're getting in, worry about your hair later."

"Hello, I'm the bluebird of quiet resignation."

"To tell you the truth, I never thought downward mobility would be so, well, downward."

He Loves me... He loves me not... He loves me... Hey, this flower is missing a petal!

"It's weird...all I wanna do is hit fast forward, and all my parents can talk about is hitting rewind."

"With finances the way they are we had to give up the idea of a family holiday this year."

'You're too young...to have good 'ol days.'

'You're at that awkward age where the others have figured out that you're a drone and you don't do anything.'

"Son, I really wish I could tell you that "Cowboy Ballerina" is a normal part of growing up, but... it's not."