Mary Karr Quotes

I lived at home until I was 23.

Being a teen is past for me. Worrying about the world and my place in it is not.

I lived at home till I was 29.

I thought I was an old soul, and that I knew life, but then starting the real life, I figured I am completely new.

Pulling away from your parents, that's the natural thing to do; that's how life progresses.

Sometimes I have to pause to make the distinction between Ben the teenager and Ben the businessman.

The whole dream of having your own place is great, but the reality is having to cook and clean yourself and do the washing and make sure there's milk in the fridge. But you have to grow up some time.

When you're in your 20s, you're a little more carefree; you're single. You have a very different way of looking at the world and experiencing the world. But later in your 30s, when you have children, a career, career obstacles, mortgages, car payments and relationships, you have to negotiate; that's a very different life.

I don't think I really realized what being an adult and being a real grownup was until I was at least twenty-eight.

Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.

You live with your family for awhile, and then you move out into the world, and you still have your family; you just don't get to see them every night when you go home for dinner.

I'm definitely not eager to grow up, but I do like some adult stuff.

All kids need to figure out how to manage their time as a young adult.

There's a shift and a change in how we've matured to becoming adults. 'Elevator Girl' represents our maturity.

Growing up is mostly the process of having to acknowledge the differences between your world and the whole world.

It's interesting how things you hear as a kid take on a whole new meaning when you are an adult.

I have a lot more things to talk about now because I'm an adult.

Welcome to adulthood." Cob said. "Every child finds a day when the realize that adults can be weak and wrong just like everyone else. After that day, you are an adult. Like it or not.

Almost everyone is dying to leave home, eventually; and almost everyone needs to.

Miles: Well, things are kind of complicated right now. When you’re a grown-up, you’ll understand. Jonah: I don’t want to be a grown-up. Miles: Why not? Jonah: Because grown-ups always say that things are complicated.

I grew up loving cars. It was completely and utterly, without a doubt, my childhood dream. Whether your childhood dream progresses or changes, you turn into a man and you probably shouldn't still have that same dream.

I don't know, man. Look at me. I've changed. I've grown up. I've got a job, got a career ... I drink coffee now.

Part of growing up is making sure your sense of reality isn't entirely grounded in your own mind.

Things certainly aren't the way you imagine them when you're a kid and dreaming big dreams about what your life as a grown-up will look like.

The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.