“It’s just part of me, it’s not something that I feel the need to telegraph immediately anymore.”— Katie Heaney, them.us
“Being in your 20s means you get to be a little selfish. You get to figure out what you want, and chase after it.”— Marisa Casciano, elitedaily.com
“In your twenties you're becoming who you're going to be and so you might as well not be an asshole.”— Cheryl Strayed, books.google.com
“We 18, 19 & 20 years old acting like every fuck up and mistake we make is permanent. Just breathe. Things work out.”— Tommy Sobieski, twitter.com
“You will ruin your 20s by feeling like you are behind, like everyone else has figured themselves out while you are still lost, instead of realizing that you are exactly where you are meant to be.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“My father took me aside one day soon after and told me this: The things you do in your twenties are just things you do. But as you approach thirty what you do starts to become who you are. And there are some things you do not want to be forever.”— Jessica Valenti, amazon.com
“You, me, and everything we do, will one day be forgotten. It will be as if we never existed, even though we did. Nobody will care. Just like right now, almost nobody cares what you actually say or do with your life. And this is actually really good news: it means you can get away with a lot of stupi…”— Mark Manson, markmanson.net
“Your 20s are about undoing as much as they are anything else. Choosing new. Deciding otherwise. Shedding layers that have muddied your idea of who you think you are. This is the kind of scary magic you want.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“The goal of life is not to live comfortably. Comfortable is a quicksand. You must keep moving forward or agree to sign the waiver that you understand the risk of being suffocated by perks, 401K’s and ‘well hey, at least it’s a job.”— Paul Angone, allgroanup.com
“Surviving your 20s is sometimes nothing more glamorous than just holding on for dear life on the back of an inner tube like a kid being whipped around by a speedboat…And your only choice of survival is to just let go.”— Paul Angone, amazon.com
“Our twenties are about what we plant in the ground, not about what we harvest. We can’t keep pulling our seeds out of the dirt before it has time to grow.”— Paul Angone, allgroanup.com
“Life will never feel like it’s ‘supposed to…’ If always trying to live like we’re ‘supposed to,’ we’re never going to actually live.”— Paul Angone, amazon.com
“You’ll be fine. You’re 25. Feeling [unsure] and lost is part of your path. Don’t avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it. Take a breath. You’ll be okay. Even if you don’t feel okay all the time.”— Louis C.K., thrillist.com
“The 20s? My title for that period of my life would be, ‘It was the Worst of Times, it was the Worst of Times…' Did I mention it was the hardest time of my life?”— Lisa Kudrow, beeper117.tripod.com
“20-somethings have the tendency to imagine that their 20s are the last chance they’re going to have to experiment, explore, and party. This is a false premise. Restaurants and cafes continue to let people over 29 through their doors. They even serve them alcohol.”— Holden Desalles, thoughtcatalog.com
“The biggest battle you fight in your twenties is the one you’re in with yourself. The most important thing you can learn in this decade is how to love yourself. Without that knowledge, your life will always be a little bit terrible.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’ll have moments with someone that are so intense, it’ll feel like you’ve been electrocuted back to life. You’ll hold on to these moments for a long time. They’ll give you hope when you’re going through the motions.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“Do you want it bad enough? Does the fear of being filled with regret in your thirties trump your fear of living today?”— 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