“This is the pain-pleasure of having newly adult children; they're innocent and ruthless in forgetting their sweet old dependence.” ChildrenPainForgetPleasureSweetAdultsInnocentDependenceRuthlessAdult ChildrenPain Pleasure Author:Ian Mcewan
“With childhood comes a brief grace period of ignorant bliss -- when you're not aware of the pain around you. That is the most special, truly unique time. It is the core of adult lament.” PainGraceChildhoodSpecialPeriodsUniqueAdultsCoreIgnorantBlissLamentIgnorant Bliss Author:Barry Privett
“People who concern themselves with the rights of other adults who engage in consensual acts involving sex, love, and/or eating croissants together are damaged and in pain.” PeoplePainTogetherSexRightsEatingAdultsConcernInvolvingSex LoveCroissants Author:Rob Delaney
“As a woman, she [Penelope Cruz] obviously has changed as she has become an adult. But, as an actress, I actually might say that she has not changed that much. And she has something great, especially in comedy, and she hasn't been exploited as much as she could be in comedy, but particularly in that mix between comedy and drama. She's got a very special quality about her. You can place her in very extreme situations, especially very painful situations, in terms of how her character interprets it. And sometimes, the deeper and more human that pain is, the better she is at it.” HumansSometimesCharacterPainTermQualitySituationComedySpecialChangedDramaAdultsPainfulDeeperExtremesActressesCruzPainful Situations Author:Pedro Almodovar
“Personal change, growth, development, identity formation--these tasks that once were thought to belong to childhood and adolescence alone now are recognized as part of adult life as well. Gone is the belief that adulthood is, or ought to be, a time of internal peace and comfort, that growing pains belong only to the young; gone the belief that these are marker events--a job, a mate, a child--through which we will pass into a life of relative ease.” WellsChildrenPainJobsYoungBeliefGrowthGoneGrowingChildhoodEventsIdentityDevelopmentOughtComfortAdultsTasksEaseInternalsRelativeMatesAdulthoodAdolescenceFormationMarkersGrowing PainsPersonal ChangeChange GrowthInternal Peace Author:Lillian B. Rubin
“When I was a kid I would write songs, little plays, and poetry in school. If you're an adult and you're a poet, it's all about love and pain, but if you're a kid it's, "Does anyone know a word that rhymes with shark?"” IfsKnowsWritingLittlesDoePlayHumorKidsSchoolFunnyPainSongPoetAdultsRhymeSharksLove And Pain Author:Mike Birbiglia