“I was powerless over my childhood but the coping strategies that I developed, to survive, all of which were creative and brilliant and got me through, as an adult those became my defects of character. Those became my shortcomings, control and all that kind of stuff... and that's my responsibility. I was a blameless child in what happened in the home; I take responsibility for my behaviors as an adult.” KindChildrenCharacterHomeStuffResponsibilityCreativeHappenedChildhoodBehaviorAdultsStrategyBrilliantMy ChildrenDefectsPowerlessTaking ResponsibilityCopingShortcomingsBlamelessDefects Of Character Author:Ashley Judd
“How many films are there about friendships between teenagers? And how many projects are there dealing with friendships among adults? True friendships - really dealing with the intimacy behind what happened then, and how long you've known each other, and the wounds that haven't healed. That's what [About Alex] film is about.” LongFilmBehindsKnownHappenedHavensProjectsAdultsWoundsIntimacyTeenagerTrue FriendHealedTrue FriendshipAlexAbout Friendship Author:Nate Parker
“I'm able to laugh now, because I've gone through a lot of mental and physical therapy to heal over the years, my music's been wonderful for me. But I was a shell of my former self at one point. I was not myself. To be fair, I was about 19, so ... I went to Catholic school and all this crazy stuff happened, and I was going, 'Oh, is this just the way adults are?' I was very naive.” WayYearsSelfAbleSchoolStuffMusicLaughingGoneWonderfulHappenedCrazyAdultsFairsCatholicHealFormerTherapyShellsNaiveCatholic SchoolPhysical Therapy Author:Lady Gaga
“My dad and mom were more like World War II-era parents, even though it was the 1960s, because they were both born in the '40s. They were young adults before the '60s even happened, and married, and already having kids. But by the time we were adolescents in the '70s, the whole culture was screaming at parents, "You're a good parent if you're open with your kids about sex." They attempted to be open with us about sex, and it made them want to die, and consequently, it made us want to die.” IfsWorldWantMadeWarWholeKidsYoungDiesCultureSexParentBornHappenedMomDadMarriedAdultsMy DadYoung AdultErasWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiWorld War I1960sWanting To DieHaving KidsGood Parent Author:Dan Savage
“You dream that you want to be a monster maker when you grow up, and that's what happened. I refused to take no for an answer. I just was a very driven kid, who's now a very driven semi-adult.” WantDreamKidsGrowsAnswersGrowing UpHappenedAdultsDrivenMonstersMakers Author:Howard Berger
“I worked in a paper mill all my adult life and there were a lot of funny guys there. So you pick up on that. Even though something really bad might have happened to somebody you can still make a joke out of it.” StillsMightGuyHappenedPaperJokesPicksAdultsMillsFunny Guy Author:Donald Ray Pollock
“I was coming to be an adult, the AIDS epidemic happened. Moving to New York, watching that unfold, and watching the activism around that... it was complete chaos of life, and then this horrific non-response from the powers that be. There was a lot of misery and sadness tied up in that.” MovingHappenedSadnessNew YorkAdultsMiseryResponseChaosActivismAidsTiedEpidemicsHorrificTied UpAids Epidemic Author:Kelly Reichardt
“It was a scary decision to let cameras into my life, but if I was going to do it, I just wanted to be really honest and kind of introduce myself as an adult. I think the world met me as a young girl, and they still associate me with who I was when I was 13, they still don't understand how over the last eight years what has happened and who I've become.” IfsThinkingWorldYearsKindStillsWantedLastsYoungGirlDecisionHappenedHonestMetsAdultsCamerasScaryEightIntroducingAssociates Author:Jamie Lynn Spears
“I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard just to go bankrupt. I happened to write some jokes about it. I did real well for myself.” WritingFirstsWellsRealHardGovernmentHappenedHusbandJokesAdultsRaisedMy HusbandCheese Author:Roseanne Barr
“She felt a board indifference toward the immediate world around her toward other children and adults alike. She took it as a regrettable accident to be borne patiently for a while, that she happened to be imprisoned among people who were dull. She had caught a glimpse of another world and she knew it existed somewhere, the world that had created trains, bridges, telegraph wires and signal lights winking in the night. She had to wait she thought, and grow up to that world. - Dagny Taggart” PeopleWorldChildrenLightNightGrowsFeltWaitingGrowing UpHappenedAdultsTrainCaughtAccidentsBridgesIndifferenceBoardsDullSignalsGlimpseWireAnother WorldTelegraphWinkingTaggart Author:Ayn Rand
“I do what I want to do. It was a brash statement of(her)girlhood. Now she was an adult, the boast seemed quaint. For rarely do you know what you want. Even after you've done it you can't say clearly if that was what you'd wanted or just something that happened to you, like weather.” IfsKnowsWantDoneWantedHappenedAdultsWhat You WantStatementsWeatherDo You KnowBoastQuaintGirlhoodBrash Book:I Am No One You Know: And Other Stories Source: I Am No One You Know: And Other Stories
“I knew enough about adults to know that if did tell them what had happened, I would not be believed. Adults rarely seemed to believe me when I told the truth anyway.” IfsKnowsBelieveEnoughHappenedAdultsBelieve In Me Author:Neil Gaiman
“Just go with it. It won't hurt.' I stared at him. Adults only ever said that when it, whatever it happened to be, was going to hurt so much.” SaidHurtHappenedAdultsHurt So Much Author:Neil Gaiman