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title: "32 Adult World Quotes by 32 authors"
description: "Browse 32 Adult World quotes by 32 authors. Discover the best Adult World sayings and thoughts."
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> [Nobody feels like an adult. It's the world's dirty secret.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-jenkins/nobody-feels-like-an-adult-it-s-the-world-s-dirty-secret/)

[Richard Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-jenkins/)

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> [“Life is cooperation not survival of the fittest to every adult in the world please stop this cycle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-dore/life-is-cooperation-not-survival-of-the-fittest-to-every-adult-in-the/)

[Tim Dore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-dore/)

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> [In nature, a child finds freedom, fantasy, and privacy: a place distant from the adult world, a separate peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-louv/in-nature-a-child-finds-freedom-fantasy-and-privacy-a-place-distant/)

[Richard Louv](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-louv/)

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> [Filming is a very adult world, and you need to be with people your own age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgie-henley/filming-is-a-very-adult-world-and-you-need-to-be-with-people-your-own/)

[Georgie Henley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgie-henley/)

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> [When you're kept out of the adult world, it's a blessing in disguise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rollins/when-you-re-kept-out-of-the-adult-world-it-s-a-blessing-in-disguise/)

[Henry Rollins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rollins/)

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> [“...just like the affairs of the adult world--complicated rules and a history.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/just-like-the-affairs-of-the-adult-world-complicated-rules-and-a/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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> [Because I'm in an adult world and I'm really working, my age is just a number. It's not really who I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mandy-moore/because-i-m-in-an-adult-world-and-i-m-really-working-my-age-is-just-a/)

[Mandy Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mandy-moore/)

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> [I wasn't frightened of people, but I didn't have a clue about the adult world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-henderson/i-wasn-t-frightened-of-people-but-i-didn-t-have-a-clue-about-the/)

[Shirley Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-henderson/)

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> [Young people wonder how the adult world can be so boring. The secret is that it is not boring to adults because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celia-green/young-people-wonder-how-the-adult-world-can-be-so-boring-the-secret/)

[Celia Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celia-green/)

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> [I think of children's books as not so much for children, but as the filling that goes between the child world and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rosen/i-think-of-children-s-books-as-not-so-much-for-children-but-as-the/)

[Michael Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rosen/)

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> [For an adult, the world is constantly trying to clamp down on itself. Routine, responsibility, decay of institutions, corruption: this is all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-springsteen/for-an-adult-the-world-is-constantly-trying-to-clamp-down-on-itself/)

[Bruce Springsteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-springsteen/)

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> [The sad discovery of the adult world was the permanent truth: you don't always do what you want to do; you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-clark-macinnes/the-sad-discovery-of-the-adult-world-was-the-permanent-truth-you-don/)

[Helen Clark MacInnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-clark-macinnes/)

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> [Every adult in the world has some sense that he or she might be obliterated at any time by these weapons that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jay-lifton/every-adult-in-the-world-has-some-sense-that-he-or-she-might-be/)

[Robert Jay Lifton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jay-lifton/)

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> [After you've graduated, you're supposed to be an adult and go out into the world, and you're still not formed. It's an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/after-you-ve-graduated-you-re-supposed-to-be-an-adult-and-go-out-into/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

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> [“My little boy was no more and even though he'd come home for vacations, our relationship would never be quite the same.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sallyann-murphey/my-little-boy-was-no-more-and-even-though-he-d-come-home-for/)

[Sallyann Murphey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sallyann-murphey/)

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> [Teen movies often have an unspoken underlying premise in which high school is seen as less serious than the adult world. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rian-johnson/teen-movies-often-have-an-unspoken-underlying-premise-in-which-high/)

[Rian Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rian-johnson/)

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> [I didn't do a movie until I was almost 30. I'm grateful for that because it gave me a chance to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annette-bening/i-didn-t-do-a-movie-until-i-was-almost-30-i-m-grateful-for-that/)

[Annette Bening](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annette-bening/)

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> [My first reaction was that the adult world was fake and liars and basically worked for money and power. I didn't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patch-adams/my-first-reaction-was-that-the-adult-world-was-fake-and-liars-and/)

[Patch Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patch-adams/)

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> [Real life this fdar had taught me that in the adult world, fate was chaotic and uncertain. Guidelines for success were arbitrary.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethan-gilsdorf/real-life-this-fdar-had-taught-me-that-in-the-adult-world-fate-was/)

[Ethan Gilsdorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethan-gilsdorf/)

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> [“THE TRYING TWENTIES CONFRONTS US WITH THE QUESTION of how to take hold in the adult world. Incandescent with our molten energies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-sheehy/the-trying-twenties-confronts-us-with-the-question-of-how-to-take/)

[Gail Sheehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-sheehy/)

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> [Our great problem, is that children now know whatever they want to know - at the press of a button they can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-morpurgo/our-great-problem-is-that-children-now-know-whatever-they-want-to/)

[Michael Morpurgo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-morpurgo/)

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> [I always looked forward to being an adult, because I thought the adult world was, well—adult. That adults weren’t cliquey or nasty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/i-always-looked-forward-to-being-an-adult-because-i-thought-the-adult/)

[Peter Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-cameron/)

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> [“This adult world has an insane quality to it. Everybody’s going around pretending like they really know things, pretending like they know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/this-adult-world-has-an-insane-quality-to-it-everybody-s-going-around/)

[Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/)

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> [“One important thing was not to forget what he hoped to achieve in life. Another important thing was not to confuse a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lydia-davis/one-important-thing-was-not-to-forget-what-he-hoped-to-achieve-in/)

[Lydia Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lydia-davis/)

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> [“The adult world may seem a cold and empty place, with no fairies and no Father Christmas, no Toyland or Narnia, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-adult-world-may-seem-a-cold-and-empty-place-with-no-fairies-and/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [I never really had any friends my age. I've grown up in the adult world all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leann-rimes/i-never-really-had-any-friends-my-age-i-ve-grown-up-in-the-adult/)

[LeAnn Rimes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leann-rimes/)

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> [I like getting to be in the adult world a little bit and then getting to be in the mom world and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keri-russell/i-like-getting-to-be-in-the-adult-world-a-little-bit-and-then-getting/)

[Keri Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keri-russell/)

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> [I think modelling was like the university of life, really. You get to travel but you get thrown into this adult world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agyness-deyn/i-think-modelling-was-like-the-university-of-life-really-you-get-to/)

[Agyness Deyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agyness-deyn/)

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> [Once you get your own family clear in your head, whatever your problems are with it. You're better prepared for being an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-maclaine/once-you-get-your-own-family-clear-in-your-head-whatever-your/)

[Shirley MacLaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-maclaine/)

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> [I was thrust into an adult world very quickly, and that can make anyone somewhat socially maladjusted to dealing with people your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-bonamassa/i-was-thrust-into-an-adult-world-very-quickly-and-that-can-make/)

[Joe Bonamassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-bonamassa/)

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> [I sometimes think about adult skating and how, you know, people like Midori Ito, she competed at the adult world championships. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mirai-nagasu/i-sometimes-think-about-adult-skating-and-how-you-know-people-like/)

[Mirai Nagasu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mirai-nagasu/)

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> [She was the storm, she was the lightning, she was the adult world with all its power and all its secrets and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/she-was-the-storm-she-was-the-lightning-she-was-the-adult-world-with/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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