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If you're lucky enough to have 70 years of literate adulthood, and if you read one book every week, you're still only going to get to 3,640 books.

~Anthony Doerr

Topics: Adulthood Book Books Enough Every Get Going Literate Lucky One Book Only Read Still Week Years You

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For many of us, owning a home signaled a passage into adulthood that coincided with the start of a career and family.

~Ben Bernanke

Topics: Adulthood Career Family Home Many Owning Passage Start Us

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Living this life in the same sorta way that Kerouac lived, you get to hang out at shows and drink and you're able to not really face reality and adulthood the way most of my friends are.

~Ben Gibbard

Topics: Able Adulthood Drink Face Face Reality Friends Get Hang Life Lived Living Most Out Reality Really Same Shows Way You

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A surprising number of scientific advances have been made and masterpieces of art created by individuals just on the threshold of adulthood.

~Benjamin Spock

Topics: Adulthood Advances Art Been Created Individuals Just Made Masterpieces Number Scientific Surprising Threshold

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As human beings, we all mature physically from childhood to adolescence and then into adulthood, but our emotions lag behind.

~Bernard Sumner

Topics: Adolescence Adulthood Behind Beings Childhood Emotions Human Human Beings Lag Mature Our Physically Then

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But however the forms of family life have changed and the number expanded, the role of the family has remained constant and it continues to be the major institution through which children pass en route to adulthood.

~Bernice Weissbourd

Topics: Adulthood Changed Children Constant Family Family Life Forms However Institution Life Major Number Pass Remained Role Route Through Which

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I believe I owe all the best parts of my adulthood to embracing my imperfections and showcasing them.

~Beth Ditto

Topics: Adulthood Believe Best Embracing Imperfections Owe Parts Them I Believe

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For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood, waking up in my gorgeous turquoise bedroom in the morning beside a person who really inspires me. That's the best revenge a girl-loving girl from the Bible belt could possibly have. And, importantly, it's healthy.

~Beth Ditto

Topics: Adulthood Bedroom Belt Beside Best Bible Could Girl Gorgeous Greatest Happy Having Healthy Importantly Inspires Me Morning Person Possibly Really Revenge Turquoise Up Waking Waking Up Who

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The upside of a downward spiral into despair and defeat in young adulthood is that pretty early on, I was forced to face not only the foolish things I had done but also the stark realization that there was likely no end to what I was capable of doing.

~Beth Moore

Topics: Adulthood Also Capable Defeat Despair Doing Done Downward Early End Face Foolish Forced Had Likely Only Pretty Realization Spiral Stark Things Upside Young

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No parent is perfect; we all can look back and think of things we could've done to help our children be better prepared for adulthood. And sometimes it's best to admit it to them and encourage them to learn from our mistakes.

~Billy Graham

Topics: Admit Adulthood Back Best Better Children Done Encourage Help Learn Look Mistakes Our Parent Perfect Prepared Sometimes Them Things Think

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