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130 Grown Ups quotes by 105 unique authors

Let the children have their night of fun and laughter. Let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the… — David McCullough
But there was one other thing that the grown-ups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky,… — Roald Dahl
When I was younger, I'd wanted someone to promise me that things would work out and nothing bad would ever happen again. But I understood… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They're fairy tales for grown-ups. — Gena Showalter
I suspect that he was a child who thought differently than his peers, who may have had serious conversations with grown-ups, who as a young… — Anne Lamott
The Doctor: 'You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine, but you really think they're lying to make you feel better?' Amelia:… — Steven Moffat
Even in this world of course it is the stupidest children who are most childish and the stupidest grown-ups who are most grown-up. — C.S. Lewis
Grown-ups love figures... When you tell them you've made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
He was so full of wrath against grown-ups, who as usual, were spoiling everything, that as soon as he got inside his tree he breathed… — James M. Barrie
He did not like the grown-ups who talked down to him, but the ones who went on talking in their usual way, leaving him to… — T.H. White
Children have one kind of silliness, as you know, and grown-ups have another kind. — C.S. Lewis
Everyone things children are sweet as Necco Wafers, but I've lived long enough to know the truth: kids are rotten. The only difference between grown-ups… — Jennifer L. Holm
It was hard to reassure grown-ups when you weren't certain yourself what you were feeling and thinking—when thoughts dissolved before you could name them. — Paula Fox
Children make up the best songs, anyway. Better than grown-ups. Kids are always working on songs and throwing them away, like little origami things or… — Tom Waits
Why do grown-ups think it's easier for children to bear secrets than the truth? Don't they know about the horror stories we imagine to explain… — Cornelia Funke
How could anything non-controversial be of intellectual interest to grown-ups? — Edward Abbey
Grown ups are certainly very strange. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was… — Anne Frank
The thing about grown ups is that they're always wanting you to be this Great Hero and Leader. What's wrong with being NORMAL, for Thor's… — Cressida Cowell
To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grown−ups who… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Why did so many grown-ups want to be young, she wondered, when it took so long to grow old? It was like going on a… — Pseudonymous Bosch
Grown-ups shouldn’t finish books they’re not enjoying. When you’re no longer a child, and you no longer live at home, you don’t have to finish… — John Irving
Grown-ups desperately need to feel safe, and then they project onto the kids. But what none of us seem to realize is how smart kids… — Maurice Sendak
It wasn't a bit of good fighting grown-ups. They could do exactly as they liked. — Enid Blyton
But if I could do anything? Maybe you would want to be able to save the world, the Voice said. Did you ever think of… — James Patterson

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