My change from girl to boy was far less dramatic than the distance anybody travels from infancy to adulthood. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
The models of adulthood are disappearing fast. How can two people have a new marriage if neither of them is an adult? — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
Reading is the scourge of childhood because, in a sense, it creates adulthood. — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
One of my Secrets of Adulthood is: Most decisions don't require extensive research. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy. — G K Chesterton Copy Share Image
You think that adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be more capable. But that doesn't happen, ever, does it? — Sally Hawkins Copy Share Image
When I came into my adulthood, I recognized how fortunate I was to be doing what I loved to do. — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
I had low blood sugar, a chemical imbalance, plus the normal nervous breakdown everyone goes through from adolescence to adulthood. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
But however the forms of family life have changed and the number expanded, the role of the family has remained constant and… — Bernice Weissbourd Copy Share Image
“Relax. You will become an adult. You will figure out your career. You will find someone who loves you. You have a… — Johanna de Silentio 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
“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
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
Once you move away from home, it's never quite the same again. You expect everything to be just as you left it,… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
We all can think of at least one kid who had great parents, a great family, and an all-around great childhood...who suddenly… — Andy Andrews Copy Share Image
“To abandon the child ‘within’ means that the adult ‘without’ will be an adult in name only. And frankly, I can only… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Growing up is terrifying. When you’re young, you have this feeling inside of you that you’ll eventually get the chance to do… — Daryl Banner Copy Share Image
“The state has gradually annexed all the responsibilities of adulthood - health care, child care, care of the elderly - to the… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
I think the category of perpetual adolescence, it's a new thing, and it's a dangerous thing. Adolescence is a pretty glorious concept.… — Benjamin E. Sasse Copy Share Image
“Sometimes now when you crawl into my lap and settle against me and I feel that light, quick strength of your body… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“There's something to that in both directions," said Ekaterin mildly. "Nothing is more guaranteed to make one start acting like a child… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“He didn’t care if he would be a villain in Alastor’s eyes. He had made peace with the fact a long time… — Gauri Sharma Copy Share Image
'Courtney' is a more punk-rock kids' book. It has this precious veneer that Courtney's terrible behavior trashes. And it's basically about how… — Ted Naifeh Copy Share Image
“I believe our entire nation is in the midst of a collective coming-of-age crisis without parallel in our history. We are living… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
Adulthood has its own way of helping you realize who is important in your life. — Crystal Yang Copy Share Image
Adulthood is interesting to adults. But I would never want to write about stuff I dont feel everybody can connect to. — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
the teenage zone: the stage when an adolescent's brain synapses quit firing while the rest of their body races toward adulthood. — Becky Freeman Copy Share Image
“I believe that everyone else my age is an adult whereas I am merely in disguise.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Adulthood is a wonderful thing, and brief. You must be sure to enjoy it while it lasts.” — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
It was quite a blow to have my perfect image of my father shattered, but that's something we all face before we… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“They were all in agreement that adulthood could, and should, be fun.” — Doree Shafrir Copy Share Image
'Star Wars' boils down to the transition from adolescence into adulthood. — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
What happens when children reach puberty earlier and adulthood later? The answer is: a good deal of teenage weirdness. — Alison Gopnik Copy Share Image
“You can't guide someone into adulthood. The experiences are unique to each person. Deanna Troi” — Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide Team Copy Share Image
“This goes along with another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Like everyone I slipped into adulthood like a delinquent through the back door. — Charles Finch Copy Share Image
Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed. — Ellen Goodman 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
It was so naive to think that there was nothing interesting that happened after 55. Come on, there's a whole second adulthood! — Gail Sheehy 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
