“In the child, we see the grown-up. I see the problem differently.”

“When you grow up in that (multi-ethnic) environment, you see the world differently. Being a mixed-race child, I didn't always see colour in people, I really didn't. It was other people that made me see the colour all the time.”

“I think that I was quite a grown-up child, and I have been a pretty childish adult.”

“As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts.”

“If other people see you differently, you’ll end up seeing them differently, too.”

“The way we see the problem is the problem.”

“The problem with growing up is that once you're grown up, the people who aren't grown up aren't fun anymore.”

“One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.”

“I see the difference now, between loving someone from afar and loving someone up close. When you see them up close, you see the real them, but they also get to see the real you.”

“I was freakishly ambitious. I didn't want to be a child. I wanted my own flat, to work and be a grown up.”