Hoping for the best Quote by Samantha van Leer

“but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst. So how do you…

— Jodi Picoult

No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best,…

— Jodi Picoult

“You don't grow up, she reasoned now, until you begin to evaluate yourself, to recognize your good traits and acknowledge that you have a…

— Maud Hart Lovelace

“You have to accept that sometimes that's how things happen in this world. People's opinions, their feelings, they go one way, then the other.…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

“Grownups don't know how to believe”

— Frances Griffiths

“You're a kid... You lack self-confidence, think about a lot of things, and pick the safest option. But is what you've chosen so far…

— Shiina Karuho

“The child will grow up and find out things for herself. She will know that I lied. She will be disappointed." "That is what…

— Betty Smith

“It never stops, you know. Every time your child fails to reach another milestone you mourn all over again for what might have been.…

— Chris Collett

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

— Elizabeth Scott

“Some people think you begin to grow up when you stop trying to figure out who you are.”

— Francesca Lia Block

“You know how it is, when you're a kid and your parents do something,' she said, 'and it's just like, whatever, but then later,…

— Kristen Lepionka

“Adults who believe in the Little Adult Assumption are going to rely heavily on words and reasons in trying to change the behavior of…

— Thomas W. Phelan