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Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.

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4.5 · 35 votes · 160 reads

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Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.

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PoetBritish1631 · 17th century

4.3 · 51 votes · 163 reads

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One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among them.

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Vincent van Gogh

PainterDutch1853 · 19th century

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Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.

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NovelistBritish1903 · 20th century

4.4 · 37 votes

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To be adult is to be alone.

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PhilosopherFrench1894 · 19th century

4.5 · 33 votes · 186 reads

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We seem but to linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they vanish out of memory ere we learn the language.

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Henry David Thoreau

PoetAmerican1817 · 19th century

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We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway.

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PoliticianAmerican1961 · 20th century

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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.

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PhysicistAustrian1856 · 19th century

3.5 · 24 votes · 116 reads

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You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.

CartoonistAmerican1901 · 20th century

5.0 · 25 votes · 180 reads

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