Quotes about Adulthood

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That was when it was all made painfully clear to me. When you are a child, there is joy. There is laughter. And most of — Peter David, Tigerheart
I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think wh — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
I felt the taste of mortality in my mouth, and at that moment I understood that I was not going to live forever. It take — Paul Auster, Moon Palace
Children are the closest we have to wisdom, and they become adults the moment that final drop of everything mysterious i — Simon Van Booy, Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories
When You Live Life Too Early, You Learn Life Too Late. — O. S. Hickman
Oh, monsters are scared', said Lettie. 'And as for grown-ups...' She stopped talking, rubbed her freckled nose with a fi — Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane
That was happiness. Not the framed greatest hits, but the moments in between. At the time, I hadn't pegged them as being — Maria Semple, Today Will Be Different
Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Parents expect only two things from their children, obedience in their childhood and respect in their adulthood. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Father has a strengthening character like the sun and mother has a soothing temper like the moon. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Adulthood is a wonderful thing and brief. You must be sure to enjoy it while it lasts. I believe the soul in Paradise mu — Marilynne Robinson, Gilead
If you were to love, love not for the lust that you yearn but the rather the pain that you earn with it. Remember though — Adhish Mazumder
I have treated many hundreds of patients. Among those in the second half of life - that is to say, over 35 - there has n — C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul
Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value. — Albert Einstein
In Your Early Years people Tell You, Correct You and Forgive You. But when you become an Adult, they Neither Correct you — Vineet Raj Kapoor
The red firelight glowed on their two bonny heads and revealed their faces, animated with the eager interest of children — Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights
Relax. You will become an adult. You will figure out your career. You will find someone who loves you. You have a whole — Johanna de Silentio
Someone wise told me recently that Adulting was hard. My response: TRUE STORY — Sonya Watson
I am now 33 years old, and it feels like much time has passed and is passing faster and faster every day. Day to day I h — David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments