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  • And secondly, a teenager who pretends to be an adult is still a teenager. If you imagine that getting high at a party and sleeping around is going to propel you into a state of full adulthood, that’s like you thinking that dressing up as an Indian is going to make you an Indian. And thirdly, it’s a really weird way of looking at life to want to become an adult by imitating everything that is most catastrophic about adulthood… Where I’m concerned, just seeing my mother shooting up with her anti-depressants and sleeping tablets has been enough to inoculate me for life against that sort of substance abuse. Lastly, teenagers think that they’re adults when in fact they’re imitating adults who never really made it into adulthood and who are running away from life. It’s pathetic.

    Speaker: Muriel Barbery
    Source: the Elegance of the Hedgehog
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    Posted: 25 Jun 2009 at 7:54 AM
    Posted By: Puck
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    Tags: adulthood, aging, sin
    Shared By: 3 members; hnorthsale, oursojeri, Puck