Adulthood Quote by Lisa Alther

If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert without eating her vegetables.

— Lisa Alther

“Cooking and eating were growing to irritate her with their relentless necessity.”

— China Miéville

“Fortunately, though she was hungry, she didn't mind missing a meal. Life was full of meals. They took up an enormous proportion of one's…

— Elizabeth von Arnim

“Her mind still worked, her feet still moved, she could walk, though only with the help of a walker, but walk she did, and…

— Dubravka Ugrešić

“She had grown up knowing you cared for the one who had fallen and couldn't get up. She had also grown up knowing you…

— Stephen King

“I pushed away my dessert, suddenly no longer hungry. Resentment had a way of filling up your stomach.”

— Marlene Perez

“I felt so much older now, so much more responsible. I guess that there were some positive outcomes: I knew more things than usual,…

— Erica Sehyun Song

“She’s the kind of woman who would eat her young.”

— B.J. Daniels

“she knew that if I was allowed even a tiny amount of sugar, not only would I become intensely hyperactive, but the entire scope…

— Allie Brosh

“...she judged frivolous reading to be as unhealthy as sweets and pastries...”

— Marcel Proust

“Baking was a science, precise, just mix it all together and let the oven do the work. But actually cooking, she couldn’t cook a…

— Allie Burke

“She was a grown up now, and she discovered that being a grown up was not quite what she had suspected it would be…

— Stephen King