To grow up is to wonder about things; to be grown up is to slowly forget the things you wondered about as a child. —Henning Mankell in When the Snow Fell More about this quote Tags: forgetting growing up getting old Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Growing up is a trap. When they tell you to shut up, they mean stop talking. When they tell you to grow up, they mean stop growing. Reach a nice level plateau and settle there, predictable and unchanging, no longer a threat. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: growth growing up Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Why were girls in such a hurry to grow up? She would never understand. Childhood was magical. Leaving it behind was a magnificent loss. —Sarah Addison Allen in The Peach Keeper More about this quote Tags: time childhood loss growing up Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Too many people grow up. They forget. They don't remember what it's like to be twelve years old. They patronize; they treat children as inferiors. Well, I won't do that. —Walt Disney More about this quote Tags: children childhood age forgetting growing up Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sometimes it seems as though not a moment has moved, but then you look up and you're already old or you already have a household of kids or you look down and see your feet are miles and miles away from the rest of you—and you realize you've grown up. —Jacqueline Woodson in Between Madison and Palmetto More about this quote Tags: time age growing up kids Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. —John J. Plomp More about this quote Tags: questions children growing up rationality answers Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home. —Bill Cosby More about this quote Tags: maturity children growing up home Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. —Pablo Picasso More about this quote Tags: aging art growing up Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What they don't tell you is that you're more confused at twenty than you were at seventeen. —Penelope Douglas in Falling Away More about this quote Tags: growing up confusion Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email