“Young people might want to stock their kitchens, but many of them also want to post, and it’s possible to kill both those birds with one heavy-bottomed pan.”— Amanda Mull, theatlantic.com
“Given that changes are the only constant, I have been searching for ways to stretch my capacity for dealing with them.”— Stella Bugbee, The Cut, thecut.com
“It’s like we’re grown-ups. This is it. We’re practicing anymore.”— Liz Doran, Thomas Ward, Josh Thomas, Claire, Caitlin Stasey, imdb.com
“To be a grown-up is to be done growing up — as in, done with the part of life that requires parental supervision and support. You’re supposed to be able to survive on your own.”— Maureen O'Connor, thecut.com
“You know you’re growing up when you want stuff for your apartment. Instead of like toys and clothes. I’m not there yet.”— Heidi Montag, imdb.com
“But now you find yourself in a new world, in a situation you've never been in before. It's all new to you, so no wonder you feel confused.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Simmons: I'm sorry for being so young. BJ: That's all right, you'll grow out of it.”— Mitch Markowitz, B. J. Hunnicutt, Mike Farrell, imdb.com
“The blessed transformation into adulthood. Once you are a man, you'll in turn take care of me, catering to my every whim, for the remainder of your natural life. How's that sound?”— John Kricfalusi, Ren Höek (voice), Billy West, imdb.com
“'You'll understand when you're older.' Well, now I'm older and I understand nothing.”— Eric Alper, twitter.com
“I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it’s hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood.”— Larry David, thoughtcatalog.com
“A child’s world is fresh and new and beautiful, full or wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. If I had influence with the good fairy who is…”— Rachel Carson, amazon.com
“Being an adult is like writing a paper with a deadline approaching, everyday.”— Jackie Hill Perry, twitter.com
“I’m an adult. I should be buying my own pot.”— Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Abrams, Abbi Jacobson, imdb.com
“As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.”— Jim Henson, goodreads.com
“OUR LIVES! What kind of lives are these? We're like children. We're not men.”— Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com
“I should've hit the little son-of-a-bitch. I can't stand kids. Adults think it's so wonderful how honest kids are. I don't need that kind of honesty. I'll take a deceptive adult over an honest kid any day.”— Larry David, George Costanza, Jason Alexander, imdb.com