"You're only young once, but you can be immature forever"

This quote by Germaine Greer is a suggestion that youth is short lived and need to be welcomed. It is a suggestion to maximize our youth and to not take it for given. It is likewise a pointer that maturity is something that can be developed with time and is not necessarily something that features age. Greer is recommending that we must strive to be mature and accountable, even if we are young. She is also suggesting that immaturity is something that can be prevented if we choose to be accountable and mature. This quote is a suggestion that we must take advantage of our youth and strive to be fully grown and accountable, even if we are young.