Some children have a most disagreeable way of getting grown-up: I hope you won't do anything of that sort before we meet again.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A witty remark treating growing up as a disagreeable habit children might avoid.
- In plain terms
- I hope you don't grow up before we meet again.
- What can you take from it?
- Treat maturity as a joke to preserve childhood.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can childhood be preserved?
- Is growing up always bad?
Another view
Growing up is inevitable and not really a choice.
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My best love to yourself-to your mother my kindest regards-to your small, fat, impertinent, ignorant brother my hatred.
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