Precocious Quote by Haruki Murakami

“...and that there were many things grow-ups did which couldn't properly be judged by young people until the young people were grown-ups themselves...”

— Nick Joaquín

“Things were different when I was growing up.”

— Anne Frank

“(Precocious children rarely grow up good). My aunts and uncles thought me quite atrocious. For using words more adult than I should”

— W.H. Auden

“Growing up wasn't so bad, as long as you did it with the right person.”

— Monica Alexander

“But there's nothing like your first {child}. They grow up so fast.”

— Garth Stein

“I suppose that there's quite a difference between growing old and growing up.”

— Emory Sharplin

“I always intended to grow up with my kids, not old with them.”

— Trevor David Dawson

“I had been very grown-up when I was in primary school. But as I continued through secondary-school, I in fact became less grown-up. And…

— Hiroki Kawakami

“I was grown up long before the grown ups were the grown ups.”

— Aporva Kala

“How strange it is that when I was a child I tried to be like a grownup, yet as soon as I ceased to…

— Leo Tolstoy

“When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things . . .”

— Emma Chase

“Their youngness is terrifying. How could I have put myself into the hands of such inexperience?”

— Margaret Atwood