“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
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
“Children take joy in their work and sometimes as adults we forget that's something we should continue doing.” — Ashley Ormon Copy Share Image
I believe I owe all the best parts of my adulthood to embracing my imperfections and showcasing them. — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image
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
Soon, he would become an adult. And when he did, there would be not going back because adulthood was akin to what… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Someone once remarked that in adolescence pornography is a substitute for sex, whereas in adulthood sex is a substitute for pornography. — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I did 'Kidulthood' and 'Adulthood,' and that's what people wanted and expect me to always do. They want me to do 'hood… — Noel Clarke 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
“He considered himself, and the way he moved in reaction, like a pinball, from one thing to the next, as he was… — Laleh Khadivi Copy Share Image
After all, isn't that what really draws the line between childhood and adulthood, knowing that you are solely responsible for yourself? If… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“ADULTHOOD, NORMA BELIEVED, is about giving back and passing lessons on to the next generation, so that the virtues you work so… — Erika Hayasaki Copy Share Image
“What we rarely see receive is a picture of adulthood that represents it as the ideal it should be. (...) What better… — Susan Neiman Copy Share Image
I grew up listening to the Beatles and being an ardent Beatles fan when I was in third grade all the way… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“Defining yourself in terms of how you rank is always dangerous and ultimately immature. It doesn't matter whether the rank has to… — Leonard Sax Copy Share Image
I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children stories. They were better than that. They just were. Adult stories… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I thought, "Well, I'm writing about early childhood, so maybe it would make sense to write about late childhood as well, early… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“The whole time I pretend I have mental telepathy. And with my mind only, I’ll say — or think? — to the… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
The importance of the development of the emotional body is hardly recognized today. We are pretty much left to our own devices… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
You might wish to revisit your understanding of the word everything.” Gregory turned to his mother. “Vocabulary and comprehension were never her… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“Nobody looks like what they really are on the inside. You don’t. I don’t. People are much more complicated than that. It’s… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I know end might be near as this is only day of my adulthood I’ve seen my mother and she hasn’t asked,… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
Acting was definitely a comfortable place. It didn't force me into adulthood because I was ready to be independent. — Jessica Barden Copy Share Image
True freedom is the spiritual capacity that enables one to cope with any circumstance. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
Just try to stay a child as long as you can. Don't force into adulthood. — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
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
“Adulthood is knowing that a fully realized character is always more important than the lines.” — Megan Crane Copy Share Image
“When you're finally a grown-up, one of the things you find is that there are no grown-ups.” — Charles Finch Copy Share Image
Adulthood isn't black and white - it's a thousand shades of grey. Or taupe. It's not who you are, it's where you… — Elizabeth Noble Copy Share Image
I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood? — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Adulthood is just piles of bills and trying to convince your exes how amazing youre life is. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Great romances in history end in death. Romeo and Juliet, JFK and Jackie, Siegfried and Froi, — Vinnie 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
The ability and willingness to keep two opposing views in mind at the same time are hallmarks of adulthood. — Richard Cohen 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
“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
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