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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
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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."
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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

About Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin was a Writer from United States (1929–2018).

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Ursula K. Le Guin lived from 1929 – 2018.