no. 458

"If teenagers were called 'incompetent adults', we'd avoid a lot of these misunderstandings."

John Allison

no. 451

Nick: "I didn't know being grown up is just about finding complex ways to be childish."

Philip: "Then you, my friend, haven't been paying attention to adults."


from Randy Mulholland's comic Something Positive

no. 436

"You know that dream where you suddenly realize that your forgot to go to class all semester?

That's how I feel every time I remember I'm an adult."

from the comic Calm Blue Oceans, by Jesse Cline

no. 386

"When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people."

Abraham Joshua Heschel

no. 367

"Act my age?
What the fuck is that, “act my age”?
What do I care how old I am?
The Ocean is old as fuck.
It will still drown your ass with vigor."

Stimie

no. 360

“ Childhood is still running along beside us like a little dog who used to be a merry companion, but who now requires our care and splints, and myriad medicines, to prevent him from promptly passing on. ”

Thomas Bernhard


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no. 359

"I love this country," [Al] Franken says. "But you have to love your country like an adult loves somebody, not like a child loves its Mommy. And right-wing Republicans tend to love America like a child loves its Mommy, where everything Mommy does is okay. But adult love means you're not in denial, and you want the loved one to be the best they can be."

no. 352

no. 328

"Immature is a word that boring people use to describe fun people"

Will Ferrell

no. 317

"I hated high school. I don’t trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14 to 18 with any enjoyment. If you liked being a teenager, there’s something wrong with you."

Stephen King.

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no. 306

"When I was little I thought being an adult meant not having a bed time but I’ve come to realize that it just means being in charge of my own bed time and it turns out that I am not equipped to handle that responsibility."

jebiwonkenobi

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no. 270

"Your friends don’t owe you a job. Your parents don’t want to support you anymore. No one wants to hear you complain. You don’t deserve anything any more than anyone else. You aren’t the center of the world. You are responsible for your own happiness. Stop blaming everyone and everything else if you aren’t there yet. Fix it."

no. 8 : Stop Expecting Stuff
from 11 things it took me 42 years to learn by Shane Nickerson

no. 242

Fandoms are special. We squeal, freak out, and cry together. One day in the future, you might just be working in your 9-to-5 office, lazing away the day. Something will spark in your memory, and you’ll type in that familiar URL. The blogs you never unfollowed will be untouched and pristine on your dash. Many of your friends have grown up as well, but you still can’t help but look at all the people you used to talk to all those years ago. Things will come flooding back, and you’ll remember those years spent on your computer, laughing and yelling and agreeing as people just went crazy. You’ll remember those nights you spent up all night with your friend, talking about the traits of a certain character, or how great it would be if this or that happened. You’ll recall those awesome blogs you always admired. You’ll feel a brief moment of nostalgia. You’ll click back to your dash- it’s empty now. Without a moment’s hesitation, you’ll go and type out, “Hey, is anyone out there?”, and just like all those years ago, you’ll eagerly await a response.

Izzy at ironinkpen

which prompted these pieces of artwork:

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no. 241

“Yeah, but the truth is we never really grow up. We just masquerade as adults because that’s what we’re expected to do.”

Georgie's old English Teacher, as reported at headfirstintowonderland.

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