'In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life.

That's what my books are, now that I'm a grownup - mosaics of jokes.

— Kurt Vonnegut

When I was very young every grownup was a hero. It's been all downhill since then, and I have only two left.

— Peter S. Beagle

“I would, quite often, like to be grownup, wise, and sophisticated. But these gifts are not mine.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

It's a very hard thing for all of us to accept ourselves at all the different stages - the horrible side, the wonderful side,…

— Ellen Greene

“Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The moment you decide that you're a grownup now, and therefore must put away foolish things like staying out all night or cruising down…

— Cynthia Heimel

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.

— Wendy Wasserstein

A grownup is a child with layers on.

— Woody Harrelson

Someday perhaps I'll have to get a grownup job... but for now I'm having too much fun being a reporter.

— Andrea Mitchell

I think being young in a grownup world, I think it stunted me a little bit. I had to grow up too fast on…

— Laura Benanti

“I am still every age that I have been. Because I was once a child, I am always a child. Because I was once…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Life, just as we first thought, is playing grownup.

— John Updike

if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child.

— Madeleine L'Engle

I've gone through several cycles. When I was little, I was the cute kid with missing teeth and funny one-liners. Then I moved on…

— Gregory Smith

“How strange it is that when I was a child I tried to be like a grownup, yet as soon as I ceased to…

— Leo Tolstoy