“Oh, grown-ups cannot understand,And grown-ups never will,How short the way to fairylandAcross the purple hill.”
“That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.”
“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them”
“Children should show great understanding towards grown-ups”
“He was a poet; and they are never exactly grown-up.”
“Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, 'Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?' And you'll see how everything changes...And no grown-up will ever understand how such a thing could be so important.”