# Quote — Junichiro Tanizaki, Some Prefer Nettles

> Children retain a great deal, and when they grow up they start going over things and rejudging them from a grownup’s point of view. This must have been this way, and that was that way, they say. That’s why you have to be careful with children — some day they grow up.

- Author: [Junichiro Tanizaki](https://www.leafyquotes.com/junichiro-tanizaki.md)
- Book: [Some Prefer Nettles](https://www.leafyquotes.com/junichiro-tanizaki/some-prefer-nettles.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jun'ichir%C5%8D_Tanizaki#Some_Prefer_Nettles_(1929)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/junichiro-tanizaki/some-prefer-nettles/children-retain-a-great

## More from this book

> Every worm to his taste;
>
> Some prefer to eat nettles.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/junichiro-tanizaki/some-prefer-nettles/every-worm-to-his.md)

> You are being very demanding indeed. Where, I wonder, will we find the woman to satisfy you? You really should have stayed single — all woman-worshippers should be single. They never find the woman who answers all the requirements.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/junichiro-tanizaki/some-prefer-nettles/you-are-being.md)