424 Quotes About Adulthood

Monsters are scared. That’s why they’re monsters. And as for grownups…grownups don’t look like grownups on the inside, either. Outside, they’re big and thoughtless and they always know what they’re doing. Inside, they look just like they always have, like they did when they were your age. The truth is, there aren’t any grownups. Not one, in the whole, wide world.

We're all small and harmless once, Archidi. But we all grow up. And some of us grow up needing killing.

Guilt is a control program that causes laziness, postponement, and reincarnation. Sin is a lie. The idea that a bleeding man can take away your bad behavior is a massive lie that NEEDS TO STOP.Own your behavior. Grow up. Apologize. Apologizing is a form of dissolving “sin” and an initiation into adulthood. This is emotional intelligence.

Parfois je me dis que devenir adulte ne sert à rien d'autre qu'à ça : réparer les pertes et les dommages du commencement. Et tenir les promesses de l'enfant que nous avons été.

Take those moments when something affects you deeply, or tickles your fancy, or peaks your curiosity, to give in and allow your Inner Child to explore, NO judgements, no role-playing, no need to impress. No adulting by modern standards.

But just ’cos they’re grown-ups, doesn’t mean they’re always right.

I always used to think that I'd like to stay 17 or 18 if I could. But not any more. I'm not a teenager any more. I've got a sense of responsibility now. I'm not the same person I was when we used to hang out together. I'm 20 now. And I have to pay the price to go on living.

We often behave like we are still children.

I can personally testify that roughly 90% of my adult life has been spent on Google trying to figure out how to do stuff.