Tom Stoppard Quotes About Growing Up

Quotes about: Growing Up

• Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child

  Tom Stoppard

  Children, Growing Up, Thinking

  Tom Stoppard (2014). “Shipwreck: The Coast of Utopia Play 2”, p.83, Faber & Faber

• Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

  Tom Stoppard

  Inspirational, Growing Up, Maturity

  Tom Stoppard (2012). “Tom Stoppard Plays 2: The Dissolution of Dominic Boot; 'M' is for Moon Among Other Things; If You're Glad I'll Be Frank; Albert's Bridge; Where Are They Now?; Artist Descending a Staircase; The Dog It Was That Died; In the Native State; On 'Dover Beach'”, p.103, Faber & Faber

• Because children grow up, we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child. Nature doesn't disdain what lives only for a day. It pours the whole of itself into the each moment. We don't value the lily less for not being made of flint and built to last.

  Tom Stoppard

  Children, Growing Up, Thinking

  Tom Stoppard (2014). “Shipwreck: The Coast of Utopia Play 2”, p.83, Faber & Faber

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