When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.

Quote by Brian W Aldiss

Topics: Adulthood Quotes, Childhood Quotes

If adults want to take such chances (with marijuana) that is their business

If adults want to take such chances (with marijuana) that is their business

Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an...

Nobody can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old,...

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the...

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the...

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

Even Tom Sawyer had a girlfriend and to talk about adults without talking about their...

Even Tom Sawyer had a girlfriend and to talk about adults without talking about their...

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some...

As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some...

I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind...

I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind...

It changed me more than anything else. You don't want to get to that place...

It changed me more than anything else. You don't want to get to that place...

If adults want to take such chances (with marijuana) that is their business

If adults want to take such chances (with marijuana) that is their business

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

99.99% of adulthood is mastering the art of the fake-smile-and-nod.

99.99% of adulthood is mastering the art of the fake-smile-and-nod.

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of...

The world is full of strange phenomena that cannot be explained by the laws of...

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own...

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own...

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of...

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of...

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my...

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my...

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a...

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never...

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never...