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“I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.”
― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

“The body grows slowly and steadily but the soul grows by leaps and bounds. It may come to its full stature in an hour.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside

“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.”
― Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

“‎With adulthood comes responsibility.”
― Mary Lydon Simonsen, The Perfect Bride for Mr. Darcy

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

“There are some questions that shouldn't be asked until a person is mature enough to appreciate the answers.”
― Anne Bishop, Daughter of the Blood

“Maturity is when your world opens up and you realize that you are not the center of it.”
― M.J. Croan

“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.”
― Peter De Vries

“Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others.”
― Hermann Hesse, Gertrude