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
Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart. — Caryn Leschen Copy Share Image
As every parent knows, children go through an adolescent growth spurt, during which they put on inches at an alarming rate. Humans… — Richard Leakey Copy Share Image
Well into adulthood, writing has never gotten easier. It still only ever begins badly, and there are no guarantees that this is… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“Was this adulthood? To wake up every day and know it would bring both good and bad? To do things you had… — C.C. Hunter Copy Share Image
I love fashion. I always have. When I was a kid, I was in almost full-on costumes when I went to school,… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
Compulsory sports for those who by temperament or physique do not qualify may be a disaster. . . . The repercussions may… — John Money Copy Share Image
There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to… — Jena Malone Copy Share Image
If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert without eating… — Lisa Alther Copy Share Image
“Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask,'Whose child is this?'" Rose chuckled. "But usually,… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I should never conclude were I to speak to you of all the misfortunes which have their origin in the faulty carriage… — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
The attack on youth is a national pathology, unwarranted by fact, smokescreen for the failure of adulthood and its leadership to confront… — Mike A. Males Copy Share Image
The 60s were a continuation of the 50s much more than people realized. Certainly in some countries, like Britain, there was still… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
You can't have whatever you want. But to a child who must ask permission for every single thing, adulthood looks like a… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“So many land mines in this new territory called adulthood. Talent has a window. Freedom sometimes becomes a trap. We may die… — Jardine Libaire Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, some family members are so psychotic that no matter how hard you try to forge a healthy relationship, nothing will help.… — Andrea Lavinthal Copy Share Image
I have my own cosmology that's kind of like an esoteric mix of a lot of different things that work for me… — Weyes Blood Copy Share Image
It says, I think, that at root that we're children, or we'd like to be. And the best of us each keep… — John Thorn Copy Share Image
People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood. — Anonymous 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
“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
“I remember a new heaviness in my body, but maybe that's the work of time and my looking back.” — Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Copy Share Image
The sad discovery of the adult world was the permanent truth: you don't always do what you want to do; you do… — Helen Clark MacInnes Copy Share Image
One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do. — Amy Dickinson Copy Share Image
“The average adult hates being treated like a child, unless it suits them.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Parents expect only two things from their children, obedience in their childhood and respect in their adulthood.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Our children shouldn't have to wait for adulthood to become wild readers. For many, it will be too late. — Donalyn Miller Copy Share Image
You know you're an adult when you iron a shirt the night before you have to wear it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Play itself is a primary process, not a luxury, not a hobby, but something all children must do to survive into adulthood.” — Sarah Ruhl Copy Share Image
When we are young, everyone teaches us to talk and walk, but as we grow up, they tell us to shut up… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Even if you make it into adulthood without running, you aren't out of the woods yet. You may still get sucked in.” — Dana L. Ayers Copy Share Image
In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark. — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
