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The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear that on growing up it would devour the other little ones.

Victor Hugo, "Les Miserables"
French dramatist, novelist, & poet (1802 - 1885)

You know that children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers.

John J. Plomp

... I said to myself that growing up really means slowing down.

Siri Hustvedt, What I Loved , pg. 336

The inspirational value of the space program is probably of far greater importance to education than any input of dollars... A whole generation is growing up which has been attracted to the hard disciplines of science and engineering by the romance of space.

Arthur C. Clarke, First on the Moon, 1970
English physicist & science fiction author (1917 - )

One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. Irrationality often manifests itself in upholding the word against the evidence of the eyes. Children, savages and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.

Eric Hoffer
(1902 - 1983)

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