“A grownup is a child with layers on.”
“One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.”
“I am. A child is helpless; I think it is the betrayal that destroys them. But a grownup is – usually – not helpless. Grownups expect betrayal. What they can’t stand to be is powerless. That’s what destroys them.”
“When you're a child you never figure a grownup is going to be jealous of you. It's the grownups who seem to have everything. Children give adults far too much credit.”
“We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups.”
“One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.”