Adults Quote by Laurie Halse Anderson

Adults don't have the opportunity to pretend anymore.

— Vermin Supreme

Ordinary adults don't like children to speak of things that are denied them by their own gray minds.

— Jasper Fforde

Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.

— Kelley Armstrong

I think adults sometimes don't think about how children are feeling about the adult problems.

— Beverly Cleary

Adults lie to themselves all the time about what is acceptable, but kids know what is right and wrong.

— Sarah Pinborough

Children can ask what adults don't dare to because we don't want to admit we're scared and we don't really want to hear the…

— Martha Grimes

Adults are constantly telling teenagers that it's what's on the inside that matters. It's always painful to find out that adults have lied to…

— Janette Rallison

“One of the greatest tragedies of growing up is the discovery that your parents- and your teachers, and your sports heroes, and your favorite…

— Robin Wasserman

Talking, it seemed to me, was the point of adult existence.

— Christopher Hitchens

If you don't mind, the adults are trying to have a conversation here.

— Triple H

Perhaps life is actually more confusing and unknowable to an adult than a child, but grown-ups have learned to deceive themselves and act as…

— Michael Leunig

“Adults are good at pretending to have things figured out, but we rarely do.”

— Toby Neighbors