“Christophe, with the careful tone of an adult telling a kid not to pet the nice foaming-rabid pooch.”
Source: Betrayals
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“he tells me in a tone full of ice, 'underestimate who or what I care for.”
Source: On the Jellicoe Road

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Variant: Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of the kids. They out-number kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults.

“You’re dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.”

“Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.”
Source: Men of the Otherworld

“I was an ugly kid. I worked in a pet store. People kept asking how big I get.”
Source: It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect But Plenty of Sex and Drugs (2004), p. 17

“Typical Hollywood crowd - all the kids are on drugs, and all the adults are on roller skates.”
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl