Best Growingup Quotes This Year

yourcool
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June 20, 2013 5:00pm UTC

growing up i believed that my stuffed animals
had feelings and i had to treat them all equally and let them all sleep on my bed.

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carson5482
posted a quote
April 28, 2013 3:03pm UTC

My friends and I started the first day of kindergarten
with sweaty palms and runs in our tights
and Dillon got bashful when he saw me get on the bus
and hid his head in the seat.
And Michelle and I played dress up for hours in her mother's closet
talking about what it would be like to act like
the big kids.
My friends and I started the first day of middle school
with sweaty palms and new jeans
and Dillon and I kissed under the jungle gym last year
but he liked another girl more than me.
And Michelle kissed all of her big brother's friends
and tried to be just like
the big kids.
My friends and I started the first day of high school
with sweaty palms and big text books
and Dillon has been dating Hannah for two months
and gives me look in the hallway.
And it seems like Michelle has been trying to play dress up in her
mother's closet again
and all the boys look at her and she loves it
and it seems like no one will take you seriously unless
you're a big kid.
My friends and I said goodbye on the last day of Senior Year
with fond memories and our graduation caps
and Dillon took his own life last year
because Hannah forgot they were dating for a night.
And Michelle stays home mostly now
because her baby needs her more than she needs her degree
and it scares me now
because we are
the big kids.
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Hale_Storm18
posted a quote
August 5, 2013 11:12am UTC

When I was younger, I thought that growing up meant that you didn't have
a bedtime. I have come to learn that it isn't that you don't have a bedtime, it's that you are in charge of your own bedtime and I don't think I can handle that responsibility.

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DanHowell
posted a quote
June 23, 2013 3:04pm UTC

When youre a kid,
they tell you its all "Grow up. Get a job. Get married. Get a house. Have a kid. And thats it." But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. Its so much darker. Its so much madder. And its so much better.
-The Doctor

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AzraelEsdras
posted a quote
April 5, 2013 1:10pm UTC

I went to Disney World yesterday for the first time since I was eight. Immediately I went to buy a Peter Pan cap. Pan has been my favorite Disney movie since I was two. After I found my cap and went on a few rides I went around looking for Peter. Once I found him I waited in line to get my picture, which probably looked odd seeing as I am sixteen years old and 5”8, standing in line next to a bunch of six year olds. Once I got up there, he saw my cap and said “Defending the park from Hook while I’m off duty?” I replied “yes, I hope I’m doing a good job!”
That was around the time he noticed the scars on my wrists. He kinda gave me a look in my eyes and said “You okay?”
I told him, “Well Peter, you’d know better than anyone how tough it is to grow up.”
And he looked at me and whispered, “Neither of us are grown up yet. We might have gotten older over the years, but we haven’t forgotten what it’s like.”
Then he told me, “Since we’re both from Neverland, and you’re my partner in crime, stand back to back with me, and cross your arms. We’ve got to do the signature pose!”
I know the guy who dresses up as Peter Pan for Disney doesn’t realize this, but all that he did for me in the five minutes I met him made me feel happier than I’ve felt in months. I felt like a child again, and feeling like a child is pretty great sometimes.
I’m not ready to grow up yet.
Found this on my tumblr dash and decided I should share it.

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wittyquotesgurl
posted a quote
April 25, 2013 7:28pm UTC

It's scary how fast I'm growing up.

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Hale_Storm18
posted a quote
November 5, 2013 8:16pm UTC

we have been trying to be adults
since we were 15
when we finally reached 18,
nothing changed
it wasn't until we were lying on the bathroom floor
drunk and high in two different states
that we realized
age is just a number
and reality is learning there's no such
thing as being an adult
you only grow older
and if you're lucky
maybe a little wiser

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bella5296
posted a quote
April 22, 2013 6:36pm UTC

"We're happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time."

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SuperNovaChic
posted a quote
March 9, 2014 6:41pm UTC

Little girl of fourteen,
Flipping through a magazine,
Says she wants to look that way.
Like the stunning girls on every page.
But her hair isn't straight,
Her body isn't fake,
And she's always felt overweight.
Weighed down by her own self hate.
Well little girl of fourteen,
I wish that you could see,
That beauty is within your heart.
And you were made with such care,
Your skin, your body and your hair,
Are perfect just the way they are.
More beautiful than any movie star.
There could never be a more beautiful you,
Defy the lies, disguises and hoops they make you jump through.
You were made to fill a purpose,
One that only you could do,
So there could never be a more beautiful you.

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flyingbacon7
posted a quote
August 19, 2013 4:57pm UTC

"you've grown so much since the last time I've seen you"
Me: who are you?

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JustAnotherWittyGuy18
posted a quote
January 24, 2013 11:47pm UTC

I wasn't ready to grow up....
Peter Pan,
COME BACK!

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Tay*
posted a quote
June 9, 2013 6:58pm UTC

Yesterday we were just children
Playing soldiers, just pretending.
Dreaming dreams with happy endings.
In backyards, winning battles
With the wooden swords.
But now we've stepped into a cruel world.
.

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carson5482
posted a quote
May 15, 2013 8:37pm UTC

When I was a little girl
I used to read fairy tales.
In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming
and he's everything you ever wanted.
In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot.
The bad guy is always wearing a black cape
so you always know who he is.
Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming
is not as easy to find as you thought.
You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape
and he's not easy to spot;
he's really funny, and he makes you laugh,
and he has perfect hair.”
~Taylor Swift

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hayhayy915
posted a quote
March 31, 2013 11:18pm UTC

I don't like
growing up

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lithium*
posted a quote
June 26, 2013 5:51pm UTC

How am I gonna become an adult I don't even know how to make a signature

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LettingSecretsGo
posted a quote
April 28, 2014 5:57pm UTC

Growing up
is merely watching your heroes turn human
right before your eyes.

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HakunaaMatata
posted a quote
March 26, 2013 3:48pm UTC

I'm so sick of people telling me
I've had to "grow up so fast." like okay?
that doesn't fix anything or make my situation any better.
gosh, what does that even mean?

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KayleighJean
posted a quote
January 21, 2014 4:26pm UTC

Growing up is not as great as I thought it would be

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desperado*
posted a quote
April 1, 2013 11:23am UTC

It's funny
How much has changed. How the girls who were the sweetest have turned into the rudest. It makes me laugh that the girls who had never dated anyone are suddenly dating everyone. It's mindboggling that just last summer, we only sucked on popsicles, not d.icks. It's amazing how fast people want to grow up and be an adult already, leaving their childhood behind.
It's hilarious, really.

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SuperNovaChic
posted a quote
March 27, 2014 12:36pm UTC

Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Chops"
because that was the name of his dog
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A and a gold star
And his mother hung it on the kitchen door
and read it to his aunts
That was the year Father Tracy took all the kids to the zoo
And he let them sing on the bus
And his little sister was born with tiny toenails and no hair
And his mother and father kissed a lot
And the girl around the corner sent him a Valentine signed with a row of X's
and he had to ask his father what the X's meant
And his father always tucked him in bed at night
And was always there to do it
Once on a piece of white paper with blue lines
he wrote a poem
And he called it "Autumn"
because that was the name of the season
And that's what it was all about
And his teacher gave him an A and asked him to write more clearly
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door because of its new paint
And the kids told him that Father Tracy smoked cigars
And left butts on the pews
And sometimes they would burn holes
That was the year his sister got glasses with thick lenses and black frames
And the girl around the corner laughed when he asked her to go see Santa Claus
And the kids told him why his mother and father kissed a lot
And his father never tucked him in bed at night
And his father got mad when he cried for him to do it.
Once on a paper torn from his notebook he wrote a poem
And he called it "Innocence: A Question"
because that was the question about his girl
And that's what it was all about
And his professor gave him an A and a strange steady look
And his mother never hung it on the kitchen door
because he never showed her
That was the year that Father Tracy died
And he forgot how the end of the Apostle's Creed went
And he caught his sister making out on the back porch
And his mother and father never kissed or even talked
And the girl around the corner wore too much makeup
That made him cough when he kissed her but he kissed her anyway
because that was the thing to do
And at three a.m.
he tucked himself into bed his father snoring soundly
That's why on the back of a brown paper bag he tried another poem
And he called it "Absolutely Nothing"
Because that's what it was really all about
And he gave himself an A and a slash on each damned wrist
And he hung it on the bathroom door
because this time he didn't think he could reach the kitchen. -The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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