Hobbies are convenient in the child, but irritant in the adult; which is why women are careful never to have… — John Wyndham

"I guess——" she said, wistfully—"I guess the only thing that's wrong with children is that they grow up to be people like you."

Sooner or later the amateur always overreaches himself.

"I suppose one could scarcely have had innocence and experience. Being young is very exhausting and unsatisfactory, really—although it looks so nice."