#adult

Talking, it seemed to me, was the point of adult existence. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#existence #me #point #seemed #talking

I don't wish I started later, but I was never a child star. I was in school every year and had normal friends and I loved it and here I am, so I can't say that I wish I hadn't done it. I used to say, 'No, I didn't miss any of my childhood,' but it is a very adult place to be, a movie set. Like, it's a little weird. ↗

— Helen Hunt

#am #any #child #childhood #done

But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#both #choices #entitled #holding #left

O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales. ↗

— Leo Rosten

#fairy-tales #life

We could do it, you know." "What?" "Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#love #survival #ya #young-adult #life

It seemed to me that Mr. Forrester would approve of a woman who could follow him in conversation and not be baffled by ledgers and currency conversions. I had grossly overestimated him. ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#family-saga #gothic-romance #historical-fiction #strong-heroine #suspense

How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us an adulterated Christianity. ↗

— Olympia Brown

#ancient #christ #christianity #down #errors

I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#committed #forgives #god #heart #i

Safe?” Her voice was small, timid and delicate. But beautiful. The one word chimed like little bells. Her first word spoken to me. ↗

— Patricia Lynne

#paranormal #vampires #ya #young-adult #beauty

I was a ravenous child. I'm a ravenous adult. I love to eat. ↗

— Nadia Giosia

#child #eat #i #i love #love