Quote by Ian C. Esslemont

“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

“You wanted to be treated like grown-ups? Well, that includes both the good and the bad.”

— Ally Carter

“I'd spent too many years acting like a spoiled child, and it was finally time to grow up.”

— Nina Lane

“...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

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

— Monica Alexander

“I was an at-risk youth. I was in danger of becoming an adult.”

— Jarod Kintz

“I didn't belong as a kid, and that always bothered me. If only I'd known that one day my differentness would be an asset,…

— Bette Midler

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

— Trevor David Dawson

“you were growing up?”

— Steve Siebold

“...There is no such thing as grown ups...”

— Neil Gaiman

“I was young enough to think that insecurity disappeared with maturity.”

— Amanda Knox

“We were just old enough to be warped by childhood and just young enough not to realize it.”

— Chuck Klosterman