There Are No Grown-ups Quotes

“(Perhaps he was recalling the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, who wrote in the nineteenth century: “When we are ascending the hill of life, death is not visible: it lies down at the bottom of the other side. But once we have crossed the top of the hill, death comes in view—death, which, until then, was known to us only by hearsay.”)”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“The seminal journey of the forties is from “everyone hates me” to “they don’t really care.”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“Perhaps he was recalling the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, who wrote in the nineteenth century: “When we are ascending the hill of life, death is not visible: it lies down at the bottom of the other side. But once we have crossed the top of the hill, death comes in view—death, which, until then, was known to us only by hearsay.”)”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“Mommy, I'm not going to have your American childhood, " she says. "I don't want to wake up at seven a.m. and make bracelets. I just don't. Accept it.”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“(The ability to remember names peaks, on average, in your early twenties.)”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“There are no grown-ups. Everyone is winging it; some just do it more confidently.”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“Get over your fear of finishing. Being able to complete tasks doesn't just matter in kindergarten; it's a key skill for grown-ups.”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“Perfection isn't a requirement of friendship, but showing people who you are definitely is.”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“Though I'm winging it, I've realized that everyone else is, too. Parenting starts out as a concrete project. You're full of ideas about how to shape your children. But you end up with this jellyfish of a family that you can't control exactly. All you can do is warm the waters and nudge it in the right direction.”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“We’re at—or approaching—our lifetime peak in earnings, but Botox now seems like a reasonable idea. We’re reaching the height of our careers, but we can now see how they will probably end.”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“You’re fluent in a language once you can explain to someone—in that language—how to tie his shoes”? (I can.)”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“Much of life consists of the dead time between events. Don’t fill these interstitial moments with pornography and cat videos.”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“Never mind having an existential crisis; it’s been years since we’ve even been to the movies.”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“There are stages of becoming a grown-up. First, you definitely aren’t one. Then you pretend to be one. Then you’re sure that there are no grown -ups; that they’re mythological and don’t really exist. And then finally, maybe one day in your forties, you just are one.”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story

“«Ви вільно володієте мовою, якщо можете пояснити комусь, — тією мовою, — як зав’язати шнурівки»?”
― Pamela Druckerman, There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story