“If you leave that means you’re going to arrive. If one door closes, another one opens. It’s a continual cycle of renewal, of shedding one’s skin to come out a rawer, stronger version of yourself.”— Koty Neelis, medium.com
“We are young enough that driving in these early morning hours still feels like we are getting away with something.”— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com
“You are not a terrible person for wanting to break up with someone you love. You don’t need a reason to leave. Wanting to leave is enough.”— Cheryl Strayed, therumpus.net
“I am going to share an insight it took me altogether too long to realize. When you’re in your early twenties and older men are interested in you, it is not a flattering reflection of your own wit or intelligence or maturity. Rather, it’s more likely an indication that these men have neither the abil…”— Brandy Jensen, theoutline.com
“When girls write to us about how inadequate they feel and how shitty Instagram makes them feel and how cool other people look and how lame they are, I just want to be like, No, no, no, no! This is all strategic. You’re doing great. Nothing exciting is happening over here except ambitious people in a…”— Tavi Gevinson, thecut.com
“Your twenties are meant for making mistakes and experiencing new things in order to figure out what you want and do not want to be a part of your future.”— A. Davis, instagram.com
“In your twenties, you realize that blood doesn't always mean family and home is not a place.”— A. Davis, instagram.com
“If you feel like you’re struggling through a Quarter-Life Crisis you swore you’d never have, you’re not alone. If you’re wondering when you’ll ever feel like yourself again, you are not alone.”— Paul Angone, amazon.com
“I woke up on the morning of my 25th birthday and realized that at some point, when I hadn’t been paying attention, happiness had unpacked its bags and decided to stay. And there wasn’t a boring thing about it.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“I feel like this is my time to be rootless and just see where life takes me, and travel wherever there's a story to write.”— Amy Sherman-Palladino, Rory Gilmore, Alexis Bledel, imdb.com
“You’re at a time in your life when it’s easier to figure out who you are by getting naked with someone.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“Your 20's are a lot like your teens, except the chemical imbalances are self-imposed rather than naturally occurring.”— Teton_blamer, reddit.com
“It is in the twenties that the actual momentum of life begins to slacken, and it is a simple soul indeed to whom as many things are significant and meaningful at thirty as at ten years before. At thirty an organ-grinder is a more or less moth-eaten man who grinds an organ—and once he was an organ-gr…”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com
“Your twenties are the worst part of your life that you don't actually know at the time is terrible.”— Julie Klausner, amazon.com
“It is in the twenties that the actual momentum of life begins to slacken, and it is a simple soul indeed to whom as many things are significant and meaningful at thirty as at ten years before. At thirty an organ-grinder is a more or less moth-eaten man who grinds an organ — and once he was an organ-…”— F. Scott Fitzgerald, amazon.com