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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, that the whole notion of being cool, or in, or popular would case to be the arbiter of…](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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## More by Peter Cameron

> [People who have only good experiences aren't very interesting. They may be content, and happy after a fashion, but they aren't very deep. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/people-who-have-only-good-experiences-aren-t-very-interesting-they/)

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

> [I suppose most people would think that it was wonderful, that the world is so varied, that there is something for everyone, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/i-suppose-most-people-would-think-that-it-was-wonderful-that-the/)

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

> [The first night Stephen and I slept together, he whispered numbers into my ear: long, high numbers -- distances between planets, seconds in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/the-first-night-stephen-and-i-slept-together-he-whispered-numbers/)

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

> [Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/most-people-think-things-are-not-real-unless-they-are-spoken-that-it/)

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

> [New York is strange in the summer. Life goes on as usual but it’s not, it’s like everyone is just pretending, as if everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/new-york-is-strange-in-the-summer-life-goes-on-as-usual-but-it-s-not/)

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

> [I often feel like I want to think something but I can't find the language that coincides with the thoughts, so it remains felt,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/i-often-feel-like-i-want-to-think-something-but-i-can-t-find-the/)

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

> [“Most people think things are not real unless they are spoken, that it's the uttering of something, not the thinking of it, that legitimizes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/most-people-think-things-are-not-real-unless-they-are-spoken-that-it-2/)

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

> [“... she had insisted on keeping the doors and windows shut, as if a sealed chamber could prevent death from entering, or life from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/she-had-insisted-on-keeping-the-doors-and-windows-shut-as-if-a-sealed/)

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

> [Dr. Adler had instructed me to always say whatever I was thinking, but this was difficult for me, for the act of thinking and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/dr-adler-had-instructed-me-to-always-say-whatever-i-was-thinking-but/)

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

> [I hate stand-up comics; I think funny is something you are, not something you desperately try to be in front of a roomful of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/i-hate-stand-up-comics-i-think-funny-is-something-you-are-not/)

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

> [What if she was meant to be, or could have been, someone important in my life? I think that's what scares me: the randomness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/what-if-she-was-meant-to-be-or-could-have-been-someone-important-in/)

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

> [Sometimes I envy religious people for the comfort of believing. It would make everything so much easier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/sometimes-i-envy-religious-people-for-the-comfort-of-believing-it/)

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

> [It made me very sad, that question. Sad and defeated. Because I knew she knew why I was thinking about that woman-I was thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/it-made-me-very-sad-that-question-sad-and-defeated-because-i-knew-she/)

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

> [“Having bad experiences sometimes helps; it makes it clearer what it is you should be doing. I know that sounds very Pollyannaish but it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/having-bad-experiences-sometimes-helps-it-makes-it-clearer-what-it-is/)

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

> [I wish the whole day were like breakfast, when people are still connected to their dreams, focused inward, and not yet ready to engage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-cameron/i-wish-the-whole-day-were-like-breakfast-when-people-are-still/)

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

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