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title: "6 Reached Adulthood Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-sedaris/as-a-child-i-assumed-that-when-i-reached-adulthood-i-would-have-grown/)

[David Sedaris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-sedaris/)

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> [“Most adults have dropped out of the school of life before they reached adulthood.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/most-adults-have-dropped-out-of-the-school-of-life-before-they/)

[Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/)

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> [When I reached adulthood, even now, I could afford to belong to a country club. But I could never belong to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-sheen/when-i-reached-adulthood-even-now-i-could-afford-to-belong-to-a/)

[Martin Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-sheen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a16/martin-sheen-7550_adulthood_when-i-reached-adulthood-even-now-i-coul_470972.jpg)

> [“Her childhood had been magical, hours spent in ecstatic loneliness in the apple orchard, dreaming of foreign lands and wild adventures. Everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathy-hepinstall/her-childhood-had-been-magical-hours-spent-in-ecstatic-loneliness-in/)

[Kathy Hepinstall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathy-hepinstall/)

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> [“Optimism was for children. Once you reached adulthood then you had to join the rest of the world as a realist -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-c-thomas/optimism-was-for-children-once-you-reached-adulthood-then-you-had-to/)

[N.C. Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-c-thomas/)

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> [People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-evolve-and-it-s-important-to-not-stop-evolving-just-because/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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