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I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived.

Ursula K. Le Guin
Children, Growing Up, Believe
Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Wood (1980). “The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction”, p.44, Ultramarine Publishing
I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up: that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived.