“I think a lot of people still fantasize about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.”— Sophie Kinsella, independent.co.uk
“In the beginning I was so young and such a stranger to myself I hardly existed.”— Mary Oliver, amazon.com
“High school sucks. People who say those were the best years of your life—those people are liars... Who wants the best years of their life to be in high school? High school is something everybody should be ready to lose.”— Meg Cabot, amazon.com
“Practically every movie or TV show about growing up shows a scene where a pre-pubescent little girl is trying to make out with herself in a mirror because she wants to learn how to kiss. Cute, but not realistic. You can't practice kissing with a mirror! That's literally absurd. It doesn't even make…”— Jessica Booth, gurl.com
“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.”— S.E. Hinton, amazon.com
“Hm. Teenagers. They think they know everything. You give them an inch, they swim all over you.”— Sebastian, amazon.com
“No adolescent ever wants to be understood, which is why they complain about being misunderstood all the time.”— Stephen Fry, books.google.com
“We think that we are invincible because we are. We cannot be born, and we cannot die. Like all energy, we can only change shapes and sizes and manifestations. They forget that when they get old. They get scared of losing and failing. But that part of us greater than the sum of our parts cannot begin…”— John Green, Miles 'Pudge' Halter, amazon.com
“When adults say, "Teenagers think they are invincible" with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are.”— John Green, Miles 'Pudge' Halter, amazon.com
“Getting older is pretty much just paying bills and finally understanding why killers in horror flicks target teenagers.”— Kendra Alve, twitter.com
“Teenage girls, please don’t worry about being super popular in high school, or being the best actress in high school, or the best athlete. Not only do people not care about any of that the second you graduate, but when you get older, if you reference your successes in high school too much, it actual…”— Mindy Kaling, amazon.com