quote of the day

[I]f you set out to raise children, that’s exactly what you end up with — children in adult bodies, with the judgment and mental capacity of elementary-school kids. The goal should be to raise functional adults who will be capable of taking care of themselves when you’re no longer available to do it for them.

[From Making Light: Litchfield means “Graveyard”]

Maybe this is what Warhol meant when he said “Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they’ll just have to learn how to be babies longer.”

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