Aging Quote by Matthew Kelly

“Not everybody gets to grow up. First you have to survive your childhood, and then begins the hard work of growing into it.”

— Gail Godwin

“All growing up means is that you realize no one will come along and fix things.”

— Elizabeth Scott

“...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 old is inevitable, growing up is not.”

— C.M. Gray

“Growing up is just a matter of gaining perspective.”

— Rebecca Lee

“Perhaps, when you leave your childhood behind too early and jump into adulthood, certain parts of you never fully grow up. They just become…

— Angela Hoke

“Part of growing up is narrowing your life choices to a manageable size.”

— Amy E. Spiegel

“I know very few people who have grown all the way up. The best most of us can do is manage intermittent maturity.”

— Daniel Menaker

“Adulthood is accretive by nature, a thing which arrives in ragged stages and uneven overlaps.”

— Stephen King

“Children have the unforgivable habit of growing up”

— Bjarne Reuter

“Growing up ruins everything”

— Betty Smith

“When you're finally a grown-up, one of the things you find is that there are no grown-ups.”

— Charles Finch