A woman stood in front of her with the peculiar poise that comes before the discovery of age and after the loss of innocence.

It was a watershed for Indian diplomacy and showed the maturity and confidence with which we negotiated with the world's only superpower.

An individualist—a man who has no intention of ever exploring the goals of others because he has no intention of compromising with his own—may become: (a) a hermit of limited goals, (b) a tyrant surrounded by slaves with rebellion in his future and covert hostility in his present.

I think that the different styles of prom dresses goes along with the strength, confidence and maturity of young women today. They realize that they don't have to wear a ball gown. ... they can wear something that better reflects their lives.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.

The narrator finds that as a maturing character grows in stature before her friends that she sees less stature while evaluating herself.