“I now feel that I have a moral duty to course correct and say wait a minute, it's not just for adults.” FeelsCoursesWaitingMoralMinutesDutyAdultsMoral Duty Author:Francoise Mouly
“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
“For children love is a feeling; for adults, it is a decision. Children wait to learn if their love is true by seeing how long it lasts; adults make their love true by never wavering from their commitment.” IfsChildrenLongFeelingsLastsWaitingDecisionLove IsSeeingAdultsCommitmentChildren LoveWavering Book:Pathfinder Source: Pathfinder
“He hated it when adults told him he only felt the way he did because he was young. As if being young was like being insane or drunk, like the convictions he held were hallucinations caused by a mental illness that could only be cured by waiting five years.” IfsWayYearsYoungFeltWaitingFiveAdultsIllnessConvictionMental IllnessInsaneDrunkHatedFive YearsHallucinations Book:For The Win Source: For The Win
“When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. You'd be shocked at how many adults are really dead inside—walking through their days with no idea who they are, just waiting for a heart attack or cancer or a Mack truck to come along and finish the job. It's the saddest thing I know.” PeopleKnowsHeartIdeasJobsDiesSpeakWaitingPiecesWalkingAdultsCancerNo IdeaShockedTruckSaddestOne PieceHeart AttackMackMack Trucks Book:Speak Source: Speak
“Once upon a time, there was a prostitute called Maria. Wait a minute. "Once upon a time" is how all the best children's stories begin, and "prostitute" is a word for adults. How can I start a book with this apparent contradiction? But since, at every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss, let's keep that beginning.” ChildrenBookMomentsStoriesWaitingOur LivesFeetMinutesAdultsTalesFairyContradictionFairy TaleAbyssOnce Upon A TimeAll The Best Author:Paulo Coelho
“Part of me is still waiting to grow up, to be an adult, and the other part knows there is no such thing.” KnowsStillsGrowsWaitingGrowing UpAdults Author:Richard Dreyfuss
“My final advice for young people is to not wait for leadership from adult politicians. Step forward today, because our current leaders are denying the dire reality we are facing. Leadership can come form anywhere.” PeopleRealityTodayFormYoungWaitingLeaderStepsAdvicePoliticianAdultsFinalsCurrentsSteps Forward Author:Kumi Naidoo