Quotes About Maturity

That was the worst of growing up, she thought; they couldn't share things as they used to share them.

Querer tornar felizes os filhos, antes do tempo, é talvez uma imprudência

The general impression is that fifteen year-old Dolly remains morbidly uninterested in sexual matters, or to be exact, represses her curiosity in order to save her ignorance and self-dignity.

Both were diverted by life's young fumblings, both saddened by the wisdom of time

Mindkettejüket szórakoztatták az élet ifjonti ügyetlenkedései, mindkettejüket elszomorította a múló idÅ'vel megérkezÅ' bölcsesség.

Înc? de pe când eram copil… eram preg?tit pentru a intra în nefiinÈ›a tihnit? a momâilor mature, în care colegii mei s-au È™i transformat f?r? efort È™i durere…

Now I wish to introduce the following idea. Between the age limits of nine and fourteen there occur maidens who, to certain bewitched travelers, twice or many times older than they, reveal their true nature which is not human, but nymphic (that is, demoniac); and these chosen creatures I propose to designate as "nymphets

You have to discover when you're inadequate to be funny and you don't know you're inadequate when you're a kid.

never be petty; always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

Buy a dog. Dogs are faggot children." "Nonsense. It is possible for two intelligent men to be turned on to each other in totality: emotionally, physically, and intellectually. Though I am about to become middle-aged, I shall not become a bitchy, middle-aged queen. I shall not turn sour." "I tell you, buy a dog.

the True End of not only therapy but Maturity is to learn to live with the inescapable fact that 97% of all human beings are getting fucked and 97% of all faggots are, too.

Looking thirty, claiming forty, actually forty-five.

We are no longer animals but we are certainly not yet men.

The older the violin, the sweeter the music.

In contrast, an educational approach is heavily front-loaded. It expects people to work through a curriculum or set of experiences to be certified as spiritually mature or ready for leadership.

Don't look like a fool with your pants on the ground!

This may sound funny but somewhere in the back of my mind I thought the world would stop for my first day of JH. The day proved me wrong and I've grown to realize that nothing will be quite as I dreamed them up.

The president doesn't have the luxury of behaving like a smart-aleck kid on a school playground; he has to work not just with Congress but with leaders around the world.

Sophie gazed wistfully at their cutoff shorts and tank tops. Once upon a time she, too, had lived in grunge wear. She didn't miss the clothes so much as that time in her life, when she'd had nothing more to do than go to keg parties on weekends and cut class to hang out with her boyfriend. Now both those pursuits seemed worse than trivial—they seemed wasteful. How could a few short years make such a difference in her outlook? She

Nadie pide lo que no necesita. A medida que pasan los años, esas necesidades no satisfechas siguen operando con la misma intensidad que en sus comienzos. Pero los adultos estamos cada vez menos dispuestos a comprender los mensajes, sobre todo repitiendo la frase "ya sos grande". O la de peor categoría: "Eso es una regresión".

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese. Billie Burke

I've been in love and it doesn't last. And when it's over, it's hell for a while. And then one discovers that life goes on. Eventually, one falls in love again. This pattern repeats itself until one is too jaded to believe in it anymore, or too old for all the upheaval.

Her classmates were gossiping their way into adolescence, literally and figuratively.

Life perfects us, if we let it.