424 Quotes About Adulthood

Everyone else we knew growing up is the same: image of their parents, no matter how loud they told themselves they'd be different

In his grief over the loss of a dog, a little boy stands for the first time on tiptoe, peering into the rueful morrow of manhood. After this most inconsolable of sorrows there is nothing life can do to him that he will not be able somehow to bear.

She had the feeling, the tingling, lingering sense that something or someone life altering was just over the horizon. She had no idea what it was, but she wanted to rush headlong to bring it to her.

As a man begins to understand the sacrifices he must make to live the life he dreams of, he often loses his courage for such a life.

One day, when Emira would say good-bye to Briar, she'd also leave the joy of having somewhere to be, the satisfaction of understanding the rules, the comfort of knowing what's coming next, and the privilege of finding home within yourself (209)

Giocavo a marito e moglie, a padre e figlia, a fare l'adulta, tutto era un gioco per me.Ma era un modo come un altro per cercare di continuare a vivere, e non significava affatto che non fossi sincera.

It was fun, wasn't it?'The way he said that. Like he knew we would never play that game again. We were too old now. We'd lost something and we both knew it.

She didn't know if the priests' poison was starting to infect her, or if this was just what growing up was - a series of compromises that twisted a child's idealism into something shameful.

The page of girlhood had been turned, as by an unseen finger, and the page of womanhood was before her with all its charm and mystery, its pain and gladness.