- Fiction
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adult Quotes
Honest lines on growing up, maturity, and owning who you become.
These lines look at adulthood from a few different angles: a scientific note on stem cells, a personal admission about not turning out damaged despite a rough start, and a reminder that discovering allergy relief can feel like a small life milestone. Growing up, several speakers agree, isn't a flaw to apologize for. See Adult Life for a related set.
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- Form
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adult stem cells tend not to form tumors.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mass literacy is a phenomenon of the past few centuries, and one that has reached the majority of the world's adult population only within the past 75 years.
- Pretty
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm pretty much in love with 'Adult Swim.'
- Tears
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- Nov 07, 2020
And, as an adult, I tried skiing, and I ended up in tears.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of the authors published under Ballantine's Adult Fantasy logo, only Evangeline Walton 'spoke' to me.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020