Children Quote by Lionel Shriver

“...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

“Being an adult, it seemed, was horrible. But being a child was awful too, and moving from one state to the other only meant…

— Alison Espach

“They were all in agreement that adulthood could, and should, be fun.”

— Doree Shafrir

“That was what maturity was: accepting things. The more things you accepted, the more mature you were.”

— David Burr Gerrard

“...just like the affairs of the adult world--complicated rules and a history.”

— Alexander McCall Smith

“I was starting to realize how much the presence of a child could make adults act more like adults.”

— Karen White

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

— Amanda Knox

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

— Trevor David Dawson

“We were still children, for all that we thought we weren’t. We were in that in-between place, the twilight between childish things and grown-up…

— Christina Henry

“Adult life is terrible, Hazel. Never grow up. Everything's complicated, and there are too many rules ...”

— Bryan Lee O'Malley

“Becoming an adult is all about accepting that you didn't know anything when you were a kid.”

— Andrew Sturm

“Things were different when I was growing up.”

— Anne Frank