What is an adult? A child blown up by age. - Simone de Beauvoir

What is an adult? A child blown up by age. – Simone de Beauvoir

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To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent – Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned. – Judith Viorst

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