“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”— J. D. Salinger, amazon.com
“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”— C. S. Lewis, amazon.com
“Sometimes, life makes you grow up early. And some people never grow up at all.”— Matthew Thomas, amazon.com
“Live like nature. Explode slowly, day by day, from the center outwards. You won’t notice how brightly you burn or how big you’ve grown until you look back. And then you will be amazed.”— pleasefindthis (Iain Thomas), amazon.com
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”— Pablo Picasso, simple.wikiquote.org
“You can understand and relate to most people better if you look at them — no matter how old or impressive they may be — as if they are children. For most of us never really grow up or mature all that much — we simply grow taller. O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disg…”— Leo Rosten, goodreads.com
“A mature woman will be someone you can take on the world with. A partner in crime, a teammate in your relationship, and in life.”— James Michael Sama, goodmenproject.com
“I take care of myself best as I can. I do the best imitation of maturity I can possibly muster.”— Carrie Fisher, webmd.com
“The true mark of maturity is when somebody hurts you and you try to understand their situation instead of trying to hurt them back.”— Unknown, instagram.com
“Mac: Where you been? Juno: Oh, just out dealing with things way beyond my maturity level.”— Ellen Page, J.K Simmons, Juno, Mac, amazon.com
“Just because your inner child is dead, doesn’t mean you should try to kill the child in other people. If someone wants to enjoy Pokemon, or Finding Dory, or Star Wars - just let them. There is enough in this world to take joy from us without it being taken because of some pseudo maturity complex.”— patoispapi, patoispapi.tumblr.com
“Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of not knowing.”— Mark Z. Danielewski, amazon.com
“One of the oddest things about being grown-up is looking back at something you thought you knew and finding out the truth of it was completely different from what you had always believed.”— Patricia Briggs, amazon.com