I wanted the Andy of Toy Story 3 to be right on the cusp, straddling childhood and adulthood ... I wanted to… — Lee Unkrich Copy Share Image
“If you manage to make it to some semblance of adulthood, just showing up turns out to be one of the kindest,… — Tim Kreider Copy Share Image
“That was the problem, wasn't it? You left home. But you never did become an adult. Not really. You just fucked up… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably,… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
“My lofty ambitions are partially due to the fact that I'm part of generation, "Yes You Can, I Guess: How about I… — Alida Nugent 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
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
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
According to Herodotus, the ancient Persians felt that what was necessary in the background of a young man entering adulthood was his… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Besides being asked why I write about young characters, I am often asked how I write about young characters. How do I… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
“To the Jews the age of 13 (the Sumerian unit of 12 plus 1) marks the threshold of adulthood. It is curious… — Eric Hoffer 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
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
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
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
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
“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
The secret to adulthood is that 99% of the time, you actually know the right thing to do. Adults make it hard… — Jason Kander 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
“They didn't really have a childhood. Just them and Mom and then her liver went and she died and it was just… — Gerry Boyle Copy Share Image
Kids who enter 'adulthood' without any strong attachments to people who know and care about them have a rough road ahead, to… — Rhea Perlman 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
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
I didn't have a dysfunctional childhood or young adulthood, but I was somebody who was very much raised to do what other… — Shelley Fabares Copy Share Image
A surprising number of scientific advances have been made and masterpieces of art created by individuals just on the threshold of adulthood. — Benjamin Spock Copy Share Image
For me, writing something down was the only road out...I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
“Into adulthood through which everyone is always in a different way. Do not feel left out because of it. So, do not… — Ziyah Copy Share Image
“When you stop being a kid, you lose your one chance at that too-tender-to-touch gold, that breathtaken everything and forever. Once you… — Tana French Copy Share Image
Growing up in America, I experienced two puberties. The first opened me up to the possibilities of adulthood. The second reinforced that… — Jenny Zhang Copy Share Image
Childhood, young adulthood is fluid. And it's very easy to get labeled very young and have to carry something through your childhood… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
On the new Earth, as the awakened consciousness comes in, I would say the ego would develop in children and quickly become… — Eckhart Tolle 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've heard this before from people: early 20s kind of screws with your head a little bit because you're transitioning into adulthood… — Dan Byrd Copy Share Image
I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I kept hoping that I wasn't really gay because I wanted to have children. I went through… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
A life-long blessing for children is to fill them with warm memories of times together. Happy memories become treasures in the heart… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many people don't have relationships to their siblings in adulthood, or they have superficial ones. It's sort of unfashionable, particularly in America,… — Kiki Smith Copy Share Image
I think everything happens for a reason and all the things that happened to me - good, bad - I'm glad they… — Freddy Adu Copy Share Image
The onset of adulthood is an organic, creeping process. No one wakes up one day and decides, 'Lo, on this day I… — David Carr Copy Share Image
I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody's going to take care of you. That you… — Adam Savage Copy Share Image
