"Kids are really tougher than adults, but we……" — Cynthia Voigt
"Kids are really tougher than adults, but we tend to forget this in an affluent society that lets kids indulge themselves."
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18 Quotes by Cynthia Voigt
Cynthia Voigt has 18 quotes on this site.
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People can be unimaginably foolish...and they can be unimaginably grand, at times.
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Hiding under the bed doesn't make the worry stop.
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When a daring idea first crosses one's mind, if it is to be realized in the future it is often…
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...When this map was made, there was only empty forest in the south," Gran told Birle."Not empty," Granda corrected her.…
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Rebellion is necessary for development of character.
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But I'll tell you something else, too. Something I've learned, the hard way. I guess"—Gram laughed a little—"I'm the kind…
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You must not let yourself become too respectable. Keep yourself a little wild. What is life for, if not for…
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She couldn’t get any farther away inside from her skin. She couldn’t get away.
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She looked at her hand: Just some hand, holding a cheap pen. Some girls’ hand. She had nothing to do…
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I have the feeling that I know who I am, only I'm not anymore.
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I got to thinking—when it was too late—you have to reach out to people. To your family, too. You can't…
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By the time I started high school, I knew I wanted to be a writer. After graduating from Smith College…
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More Adult Quotes
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
— Margaret Atwood
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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
— Drew Barrymore
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
— Roseanne Barr
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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably…
— Drew Barrymore
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
— Mario Batali
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
— Jean Baudrillard
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
— Martha Beck
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
— Martha Beck
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
— Martha Beck
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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