“Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one. We can’t escape that damage. But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other”— Veronica Roth, amazon.com
“It's funny, isn't it? When you are young you just want to be old, and then later you wish you could go back to being a kid.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com
“At 23, JK Rowling was broke. Tina Fey was working at the Y.M.C.A. Oprah had just gotten fired from her first job as a TV reporter and Walt Disney had declared bankruptcy.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“We’re never going to be this young and gorgeous again (at least, naturally) so why not make the most of it?”— Stephanie Karina, thoughtcatalog.com
“It's kind of depressing, if you think about it. I mean, me being so young, and yet so cynical and suspicious.”— Meg Cabot, amazon.com
“you were sixteen and slender and kept wrecking your thin hips against mine. What the hell was I supposed to do?”— Joe Wilkins, amazon.com
“Your tears come easy, when you're young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you're old, and leaving it.”— Wilkie Collins, amazon.com