Quote by Stephen King

“I remember you saying that growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change.I guess that…

— Cassandra Clare

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

— Charles Finch

“I thought I was grown-up. I thought I knew what I was doing. These were a few of the lies I told myself.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“Nobody knows how to be a grown-up. We're all just pretending for each other.”

— Leah Raeder

“...There is no such thing as grown ups...”

— Neil Gaiman

“Everyone got older but forgot to grow up.”

— Cecil Castellucci

“it wasn’t as satisfying as he’d imagined. Growing up never is.”

— Terry Schott

“It's so strange: grown-ups trying to become young, young ones trying to grow up and all the time, whatever people want, time moves forward,…

— Anonymous

“I had been very grown-up when I was in primary school. But as I continued through secondary-school, I in fact became less grown-up. And…

— Hiroki Kawakami

“I was grown up long before the grown ups were the grown ups.”

— Aporva Kala

“I think perhaps the adults we become are formed in childhood and there's no way around it.”

— John Boyne

“We were growing up. It was one of those moments when you could practically feel the adult pushing out, pushing forward into the world.…

— Hannah Pittard