“In your twenties, you think you are immortal. In your thirties, you hope you are immortal. In your forties, you just pray it doesn't hurt too much, and by the time you reach my age, you become convinced that, well, it could be just around the corner. Do I think about death a lot? It's difficult not…”— Lemmy Kilmister, independent.co.uk
“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
“I’m almost 25, and I still feel like a kid. I don’t need the material things I thought I would want. I don’t need the boyfriend or the house. I don’t need even stability. I just need to keep experiencing everything. The good and the bad. The bright and the gloomy. I just need to keep going.”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, 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
“I sort of went through a midlife crisis. I became quite introspective and reflective about my life and my choices and my family and work and everything. I got pregnant at 26 as well, and really my daughter was such a blessing… A lot of turmoil that I had just sort of like melted away, and I was like…”— Jessica Alba, fortune.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
“I've always loved strong women, which is lucky for me because once you're over about twenty-five there is no other kind.”— Tana French, amazon.com
“I know you’ve been let down and disappointed by love. I know it’s been a long time since you’ve felt the magic you direly miss. But don’t worry – feeling like love is dead is just a key stage everyone passes through in their twenties. The magic comes back. It just happens when you’re expecting it th…”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.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
“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
“Success in your twenties is more about setting the table than enjoying the feast.”— Paul Angone, amazon.com
“You’re going to lose touch with a lot of your friends. With some people, it will be expected but with others it will feel like a punch to the stomach. No friendship is truly safe in your twenties. Don’t worry though. You’ll end up with the ones that matter. If someone’s no longer in your life, it’s…”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“If you’re 25 or younger, you should be screened for chlamydia annually; ask your gyno how often you should be tested for other STIs, including HIV.”— Peg Rosen, health.com
“Your twenties aren't about finding a man to love you, but finding something to love. Focus on your career, your hobbies, your passions. Start to love yourself before you can think about finding the love of someone else. Because your twenties are about loving yourself and your thirties are about spre…”— Lauren Martin, elitedaily.com
“Believe it or not, your twenties are still considered very young, and so are your thirties. But if you're still in your twenties, I hate to break it to you — you're still a baby.”— Lauren Martin, elitedaily.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
“The thing I love most about my generation — and something that rarely gets recognized — is that we’re fucking hustlers. We make it work. We get that money. We’re innovative and resourceful. The odds may be stacked against us and yet we still find a way to triumph.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“The great thing about being in your 20s is that you have absolutely nothing to lose. The worst that can happen is a rejection letter, which you can stash and use as motivation to keep working hard.”— Kali Borovic, huffingtonpost.com