“A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face.”
“It is the obvious which is so difficult to see most of the time. People say 'It's as plain as the nose on your face.' But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?”
“Go away. I told you, I'm not interested."She looked from his lap to his face."Your nose is growing too.”
“It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.”
“By your late thirties the ground has begun to grow hard. It grows harder and harder until the day that it admits you.”
“It's bad to grow old before your time. It's worse to not grow at all within your mind,”