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You might end up smoking crack, on your back, face the fact:
You're gonna end up hooked on smack and then you're gonna die.
''(fake trumpet solo)'' And then you're gonna DI-I-I-I-I-I-IE HA HO!"
|'''[[Denis Leary]]'''|"Life's Gonna Suck", from ''Lock 'N' Load''}}
{{quote|''When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,''
''A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.''
''And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,''
''Oh, joyfully, oh, playfully watching me,''
''But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible,''
''Logical, oh, responsible, practical,''
''Then they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,''
''Oh, clinical, oh intellectual, cynical.''
|'''[[Supertramp]]'''|"The Logical Song"}}
{{quote|''I miss those days, and so i pout like a grown jerk''
''Wishin all i had to do now, was finish homework
|'''Ahmad'''|"Back in the Day"}}
{{quote|''Is it for this I uttered prayers,''
''and sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs;''
''That now, domestic as a plate,''
''I should retire by half-past eight?''
|'''Edna St Vincent Millay'''|"Grown-Up"}}
{{quote|''It seems only yesterday I used to believe''
''there was nothing under my skin but light.''
''If you cut me I would shine.''
''But now when I fall upon the sidewalks of life,''
''I skin my knees. I bleed.
|'''Billy Collins'''|[http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1096.html "On Turning Ten"]}}
{{quote|''Shades of the prison-house begin to close''
''Upon the growing Boy,''
|'''[[William Wordsworth]]'''}}
{{quote|''There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,''
''The earth, and every common sight,''
''To me did seem''
''Apparelled in celestial light,''
''The glory and the freshness of a dream.''
''It is not now as it hath been of yore;--''
''Turn wheresoe'er I may,''
''By night or day,''
''The things which I have seen I now can see no more.''
''The Rainbow comes and goes,''▼
''And lovely is the Rose,''▼
▲The Rainbow comes and goes,
''The Moon doth with delight''▼
▲And lovely is the Rose,
''Look round her when the heavens are bare,''▼
▲The Moon doth with delight
''Waters on a starry night''▼
▲Look round her when the heavens are bare,
''Are beautiful and fair;''▼
▲Waters on a starry night
''The sunshine is a glorious birth;''▼
▲Are beautiful and fair;
''But yet I know, where'er I go,''▼
▲The sunshine is a glorious birth;
''That there hath past away a glory from the earth.''
▲But yet I know, where'er I go,
{{quote|''"Go on! Go back and grow up! But I'm warnin' ya: once you're grown up, you can never come back. Never!"''|[[Disney Animated Canon|Disney's]] ''[[Peter Pan]]''}}
{{quote|''"Darn it! No one told me being a grown up would create more suckiness."''|Mewn Ramses
{{quote|'''Don Karnage:''' I am after nothing today but a birthday - ''mine!''
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'''Dumptruck:''' But, captain - you said you vere tventy-nine years old dis morning! But come to tink ov it, you said dat ''last'' year, too! And da year before dat! And da year be--
'''Don Karnage:''' Remind me to shoot you when we get home!
'''Dumptruck:''' Err - sorry, captain!
|''[[Tale Spin]]'' comic story "F'Reeze a Jolly Good Fellow"}}
{{quote|
''and your so much like me I'm sorry
|'''Ben Folds'''|"were still fighting"}}
{{quote|'''Stinky Pete:''' How long will it last, Woody? Do you really think Andy is going to take you to college... or on his honeymoon? Andy's growing up... and there's nothing you can do about it.|''[[
{{quote|Then, suddenly again, Christopher Robin, who was still looking at the world with his chin in his hands, called out "Pooh!"
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"I'm not going to do Nothing any more."
"Never again?"
"Well, not so much. They don't let you."
|'''Christopher Robin''' and '''Pooh'''|''The House At Pooh Corner''}}
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|'''Eridan Ampora''' (CA) and '''Kanaya Maryam''' (GA)|''[[Homestuck]]''}}
{{quote|"Even if I look back (In the forgotten photo album)
I can't go back to those times (Photos of myself doing [[Old Shame|stupid things]])
anymore (Laughing with friends).
[[Ultraman]],
Where are [[Forgotten Childhood Friend|those guys]] now?
What are they doing?
The answer is still unclear.
But now I've forgotten all that,
and I'm living each day like I'm [[Death Is Dramatic|being chased by something!]]"
|''Omoide Wa Okkusenman!"'' (English translation of Japanese lyrics)}}
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{{quote|''"Brats like you are so damned naive... You piss me off. Listen... you might have hopes and dreams right now, but that's only because you know nothing about reality. One day you'll see... You'll be faced with the boring reality that boxes you in, no matter where you go."''|{{spoiler|Tohru Adachi}}
▲{{quote|'''Marge:''' "I'm sorry, Maggie, but growing up means giving up the things you love.|'''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'''}}
{{quote|''Growing up''
▲{{quote|''"Brats like you are so damned naive... You piss me off. Listen... you might have hopes and dreams right now, but that's only because you know nothing about reality. One day you'll see... You'll be faced with the boring reality that boxes you in, no matter where you go."''|{{spoiler|Tohru Adachi}}, '''[[Persona 4]]'''.}}
''really fucking sucks''
{{quote|''
'''John''': So, who cares?
▲really fucking sucks''|[[Andrew Jackson Jihad]] ''Growing Up''}}
'''Allison''': I care.
|''[[The Breakfast Club]]''}}
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Latest revision as of 23:56, 3 July 2024
"Life's gonna suck when you grow up, when you grow up, when you grow up, —Denis Leary, "Life's Gonna Suck", from Lock 'N' Load
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When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful, —Supertramp, "The Logical Song"
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I miss those days, and so i pout like a grown jerk —Ahmad, "Back in the Day"
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Is it for this I uttered prayers, —Edna St Vincent Millay, "Grown-Up"
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It seems only yesterday I used to believe —Billy Collins, "On Turning Ten"
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Shades of the prison-house begin to close |
There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, |
"Darn it! No one told me being a grown up would create more suckiness."
—Mewn Ramses, Funny Farm
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Don Karnage: I am after nothing today but a birthday - mine! —Tale Spin comic story "F'Reeze a Jolly Good Fellow"
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and everybody knows —Ben Folds, "were still fighting"
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Stinky Pete: How long will it last, Woody? Do you really think Andy is going to take you to college... or on his honeymoon? Andy's growing up... and there's nothing you can do about it.
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Then, suddenly again, Christopher Robin, who was still looking at the world with his chin in his hands, called out "Pooh!" —Christopher Robin and Pooh, The House At Pooh Corner
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CA: kan its hard —Eridan Ampora (CA) and Kanaya Maryam (GA), Homestuck
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"Even if I look back (In the forgotten photo album) —Omoide Wa Okkusenman!" (English translation of Japanese lyrics)
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I'm sorry, Maggie, but growing up means giving up the things you love.
—Marge, The Simpsons
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"Brats like you are so damned naive... You piss me off. Listen... you might have hopes and dreams right now, but that's only because you know nothing about reality. One day you'll see... You'll be faced with the boring reality that boxes you in, no matter where you go."
—Tohru Adachi, Persona 4.
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Growing up —Andrew Jackson Jihad, Growing Up
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Allison: When you grow up, your heart dies. |
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