Adulthood Quote by Thomas Szasz

To most of us, adulthood means being able to earn a living, possess a home, get married and rear children, and this implies having…

— Jane Ridley

Adulthood is not an age, but a stage of knowledge of self.

— John Fowles

Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed.

— Ellen Goodman

One might define adulthood as the age at which a person learns that he must die ...and accepts his sentence undismayed.

— Robert A. Heinlein

The definition of adulthood is that you want to sleep.

— Paula Poundstone

Adulthood has something to do with not choosing any of the pure points of view, but living about half of what you really want…

— Robert Bly

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

— Stephen King

Adulthood does not exist. Man is an eternal child.

— Nelson Rodrigues

Adolescence is a relatively recent thing in human history -- a period of years between the constraints of childhood and the responsibilities of adulthood.…

— Thomas Sowell

“Children seldom are able to realize that death will come to them personally. One might define adulthood as the age at which a person…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Adolescence was only recognised as a life stage in the early 20th century, when psychologists got down to work. Today's generational battle obscures the…

— Jane Ridley

Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.

— Frances McDormand