As a teen-ager I was constantly trying to please people…

“For a terrible time of life a teen-ager deceives himself; he believes he can trick the world. He believes he is invulnerable. An adolescent…

— John Irving

I wasn't even an angsty teen-ager - I was a patient one.

— Julio Torres

When you come to Christ as a real young person, I think when you become a teen-ager either you rebel or you search, doubt,…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

Adolescents are attracted to tragic heroes. That's why rock stars dress like homeless people. Adolescence is a fall. It's when every child becomes an…

— Heather O'Neill

When it comes to raising civilized kids there are no hard rules, but there are two things on which most parents agree: Boys are…

— Jeffrey Kluger

Adolescents are still children in that they can't yet tell the difference between make believe and fiction.

— Heather O'Neill

“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Each generation of adolescents has at least two historical events that color its responses to whatever happens next.

— Mary Doria Russell

“Capture your youth, while you can.”

— Anthony Liccione

“Will that be all?” I asked the pimply faced teen who ogled my exposed legs as if in heat. My pen tapped impatiently on…

— Brandi Salazar

I'm a normal teen-ager except for my size.

— Dana Hill

I was nearly a teen-ager before I stopped assuming that everyone I met was Jewish.

— Kenneth Lonergan

If I were reborn, if I were a teen-ager now, starting my career as a composer, I would do again what I have done.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I didn't have high self-esteem when I was a teen-ager, as I think most teen-agers don't.

— Alanis Morissette

“Adolescents tend to seek love where they can find it.”

— Jeffrey Eugenides