“When one came to know them it was surprising how childish grown people could be.” — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young. — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
War defined my entire childhood and youth and most of my adulthood too - and in the US, it continues to do… — Ru Freeman Copy Share Image
You can only pretend for so long before reality hits and you realize he/she is not who you thought or what you… — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart. — Caryn Leschen Copy Share Image
Great romances in history end in death. Romeo and Juliet, JFK and Jackie, Siegfried and Froi, — Vinnie Copy Share Image
Adulthood is just piles of bills and trying to convince your exes how amazing youre life is. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But adulthood," continued the barely twentysomething, "doesn't give you power over what matters most. It doesn't protect you from pain, loss, fate.… — Cynthia Leitich Smith Copy Share Image
Progress among the youngest children is especially important because we know that preventing obesity at an early age helps young people maintain… — Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Copy Share Image
A mature person can't be in a relationship with an immature person because immature people deal with their problems by replacing people. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
My ultimate, ultimate go-to is 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill.' I grew up on that. I feel like it's an anthem for… — Naomi Ackie Copy Share Image
Accumulating years in the act of living is no guarantee of maturity. In fact, it is possible to be born, grow old… — Tian Dayton Copy Share Image
Life after 50 or 60 is itself another country, as different as adolescence is from childhood, or as adulthood is from adolescence… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“We are all entitled to our own share of mistakes and learning experiences in life. No one should take them away from… — Lukasz Laniecki Copy Share Image
“Being a child sucked. Being a teenager was worse. And being an adult seemed so far away that I had a better… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
I never really recovered from the shock of discovering that women do what we do; they save their best pairs for the… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“...because you are not trying simply to complete a set of books or toys or Weetabix cards, you are trying to complete… — Neil Perryman Copy Share Image
As babies, we hold our mother's fingers. As toddlers, we hold our father's necks. As young children, we hold both of their… — Kayla Jackson Copy Share Image
As an actor, I relish and delight in doing things that I'm not necessarily the demographic for. This is a demographic that… — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
Hiro is a talented drifter. This is the kind of lifestyle that sounded romantic to him as recently as five years ago.… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“Yet GenX'er teens didn't slow down--they were just as likely to drive, drink alcohol, and date as their Boomer peers and more… — Jean M. Twenge Copy Share Image
I think the category of perpetual adolescence, it's a new thing, and it's a dangerous thing. Adolescence is a pretty glorious concept.… — Benjamin E. Sasse Copy Share Image
“Sometimes now when you crawl into my lap and settle against me and I feel that light, quick strength of your body… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood? — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
“When you're finally a grown-up, one of the things you find is that there are no grown-ups.” — Charles Finch Copy Share Image
Adulthood isn't black and white - it's a thousand shades of grey. Or taupe. It's not who you are, it's where you… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
“Adulthood is knowing that a fully realized character is always more important than the lines.” — Megan Crane Copy Share Image
Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age. — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Just try to stay a child as long as you can. Don't force into adulthood. — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
We survive until, by sheer stamina, we escape into the dim innocence of our own adulthood and its forgetfulness. — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“It occurs to me suddenly, maybe learning to settle is part of adulthood. Maybe if you don't, it eats you up.” — Liska Jacobs Copy Share Image
The ability and willingness to keep two opposing views in mind at the same time are hallmarks of adulthood. — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
“You know what the worst thing about adults is? ...They're not always adults. But that's what I like about them.” — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
To be mature, you have to be an adult. But to be in love, you have to be nothing but a human… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent. — Socrates Copy Share Image
I believe I owe all the best parts of my adulthood to embracing my imperfections and showcasing them. — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
“Children take joy in their work and sometimes as adults we forget that's something we should continue doing.” — Ashley Ormon Copy Share Image
I know end might be near as this is only day of my adulthood I’ve seen my mother and she hasn’t asked,… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
