I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
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Adolescence is a border between childhood and adulthood. Like all borders, it's teeming with energy and fraught with danger. — Mary Pipher 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
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“You are not truly yourself until you no longer define yourself in others’ terms.” — Shawn Davis Copy Share Image
Being an adult is all about how well you can hide the fact that you're still a kid. — Anonymous 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
When I was a little boy, I told my dad, 'When I grow up, I want to be a musician.' My dad… — Chet Atkins Copy Share Image
You feel like telling him you're not single in the way that he thinks you're single. After all, you have yourself. I… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
The only time a lady should be in a hospital because of a man is because of giving birth, not because of… — Ong Lor Copy Share Image
How deep is our desire to do better than our mothers--to bring daughters into adulthood strong and fierce yet loving and gentle,… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
If animals play, this is because play is useful in the struggle for survival; because play practices and so perfects the skills… — Susanna Miller Copy Share Image
I don't think I'd have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I'd known the whole thing was going to… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“Even if the system is obsessed with adulthood, it does not raise "adults"; it rewards permanent adolescence. The intellect is numbed by… — Sov8840 Copy Share Image
When it comes down to it, I believe that, having made the decision to bring children into the world, I owe it… — Deborah Copaken Kogan Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family of Republicans. And when I was 18 and registering to vote, my mom's only instruction was… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Girls grow up scarred by caution and enter adulthood eager to shake free of their parents' worst nightmares. They still know to… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species. There's no desire to be… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
