“grown-ups always say that things are complicated.”
“Miles: Well, things are kind of complicated right now. When you’re a grown-up, you’ll understand.Jonah: I don’t want to be a grown-up.Miles: Why not?Jonah: Because grown-ups always say that things are complicated.”
“Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.”
“When you grow up", I said, "do you ever stop feeling little and weak?""No," she says. "There's always a little frail and tiny thing inside, no matter how grown-up you are.”
“People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up.”
“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them”