“There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Thank God I had two parents who loved me enough to stay on my case. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
In no order of things is adolescence the time of the simple life. — Janet Erskine Stuart Copy Share Image
He [Winston Churchill] is a man suffering from petrified adolescence. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
When you grow up around sadness, it affects the way you see the world. — Sofia Helin Copy Share Image
Adolescence in our culture for a young woman, for a girl, is a hard road. — Rodney Crowell Copy Share Image
During adolescence, friends bring an intimate quality of support that can't be provided by any adult. — Sara Shandler Copy Share Image
“The adult chops down his childhood to help his grown-up self. The unsentimentality is appealing, don't you think?” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I started on 'Neighbours' when I was 14. It's crazy to think now that I had such a bizarre adolescence. — Eliza Taylor Copy Share Image
God's way of making separation with children easier was to invent adolescence. — Mark Patinkin Copy Share Image
Skateboarding is forever, and things like college and girls only ruin an endlessly savored adolescence. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Growing up means situations and people change, problems are bigger, feelings are deeper and the hurt devastating.” — Bailey Copy Share Image
Adolescence in my growing up period was truly "Happy Days," the title of a TV show connotating the quality of this life… — Virgil Miller Newton Copy Share Image
Well, I had this little notion - I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it;… — Harry Mathews Copy Share Image
Today I discovered two kinds of people who go to high school: those who wear new clothes to show off on the… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
“For a terrible time of life a teen-ager deceives himself; he believes he can trick the world. He believes he is invulnerable.… — John Irving Copy Share Image
In adolescence, I hated life and was continually on the verge of suicide, from which, however, I was restrained by the desire… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I think most of my childhood, adolescence, and teenage years, I was struggling to feel validated - which led to a lot… — Sobhita Dhulipala Copy Share Image
“Let's just give her a ride into town," Suzanne said. She spoke briskly, like I was a mess that needed to be… — Emma Cline Copy Share Image
Since adolescence I've had a passion for Romantic Fantastique literature, which continued with Expressionism and culminated with the genius of Kafka. It's… — Dumitru Tepeneag Copy Share Image
After puberty the personality develops impetuously and all extraneous intervention becomes odious… Now it so happens that parents feel the responsibility towards… — Antonio Gramsci Copy Share Image
“Cut privet still smells of sour apples, as it did when I was sixteen; but this is a rare, lingering exception. At… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“Yet GenX'er teens didn't slow down--they were just as likely to drive, drink alcohol, and date as their Boomer peers and more… — Jean M. Twenge Copy Share Image
“I couldn't understand how boldness and sorrow, how you're so hard and do you really care for me? could be so thoroughly… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
I think the category of perpetual adolescence, it's a new thing, and it's a dangerous thing. Adolescence is a pretty glorious concept.… — Benjamin E. Sasse Copy Share Image
We fall in love or stay in love with people who are unsuitable or who no longer love us and, conversely, we… — François Lelord Copy Share Image
“Once a child enters adolescence, it may become increasingly difficult to raise these issues. Because adolescence is a time of rebellion—of self-definition,… — Jonathan Berent Copy Share Image
When I was about seven, one or two people encouraged me, and art became an enormous and important refuge. By adolescence, I… — John Berger Copy Share Image
I was not popular in school, and I was definitely not a ladies' man. And I had a very painful adolescence, because… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I spent much of my later childhood and adolescence very, very involved and interested in art, and particularly in animated movies. — Stanislav Grof Copy Share Image
When children reach the age of sixteen, they discover the meaning of life: car keys. — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
Youth asks no greater privilege than to fight its own battles. It is mistaken kindness to shield - it weakens one in… — Myrtle Reed Copy Share Image