You realize your childhood is over when... you take a nap…

I feel as though I've fooled the world into thinking I'm an adult and now they're letting me procreate.

— George Murray

There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for girls, these…

— L.A. Weatherly

I am a big outliner. For my adult book, 'The Visibles,' I did not outline, and it took me two years to write because…

— Sara Shepard

“The cactus thrives in the desert while the fern thrives in the wetland. The fool will try to plant them in the same flowerbox.…

— Vera Nazarian

I have spent my entire adult life trying to make Liberty University the world-class Christian university that was envisioned at its founding.

— Jerry Falwell, Jr

“To love was a privilege not afforded to those of us born in these trying times when survival was never guaranteed. We were products…

— Molly X. Chang

Adults look upon a child as something empty that is to be filled through their own efforts, as something inert and helpless for which…

— Maria Montessori

“English: "Being an adult doesn't mean killing the child we once were; it means being able to protect him." Česky: „Být dospělým neznamená zabít…

— Sebastián Wortys

You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“There's such an intimate kind of beauty in the act of listening to music being created right in front of your eyes, watching the…

— M.C. Frank

Whether we think of Disney's blonde beauty and her pumpkin carriage or Marissa Meyer's recent recasting of 'Cinderella' as a cyborg in the young…

— Marie Rutkoski

You have, unfortunately, a K-12 educational system where the requirements to graduate are not the requirements to be college and career-ready. So if you…

— Gerald Chertavian

Child actors going on to become adult actors never really works, apart from a few. Jodie Foster was the exception.

— Mark Lester

Being an adult is the ability to postpone a want for the sake of a family need.

— Chris Hogan

“Oh, I don’t mean to infer that you’re not a great guy. I’m sure you’re the exception to the rule.”

— Jaye Frances