Adolescence was only recognised as a life stage in the early 20th century, when psychologists got down to work. Today's generational battle… — Jane Ridley Copy Share Image
I spent my whole adolescence, when you just want to be accepted, looking much younger than everyone else. — Jenna Fischer Copy Share Image
It turned out to be impossible for me to 'run away' in the sense other American teenagers did. Any movement at all… — Mary Karr Copy Share Image
I had the classic 40 meltdown. I did. It's embarrassing. It was pretty funny. But then I recovered. To me, it was… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
I've gone through my adolescence on TV so it's pretty cringey when I look back on some pictures and scenes, but that's… — Kelvin Fletcher Copy Share Image
I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence. — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I think one is naturally impressed by anything having a beginning a middle and an ending when one is beginning writing and… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
I was influenced by the Beats because I actually just began to commit adolescence around 1955, when "Howl" and Rebel Without a… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
I think every teenager goes through their angst. People who are like, 'No, I had a perfect adolescence,' make me wonder how… — Shailene Woodley Copy Share Image
Massachusetts is the first state in America to reach full adulthood. The rest of America is still in adolescence. — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
I spent most of my adolescence feeling awkward but never once mentioned it. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
I love '80s happy music. I love Cyndi Lauper and Madonna, and the idea of making music that's about people celebrating fun.… — Halsey Copy Share Image
“No matter what your origin or beliefs, rather adolescent or full grown. Thoughts are scribed in pencil but actions are carved in… — Carl Henegan Copy Share Image
Fitzgerald never got rid of anything; the ghosts of his adolescence, the failures of his youth, the doubts of his maturity plagued… — John Aldridge Copy Share Image
The independence and rebelliousness of our adolescence offer us yet another quality essential to our practice; the insistence that we find out… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
I joke sometimes that I live a protracted adolescence, that a part of me will always be twelve years old. — Jack Driscoll Copy Share Image
The more intelligent and competent a woman is in her adult life, the less likely she is to have received an adequate… — Susan Jacoby Copy Share Image
One thing that happens often times in family life is that people think maybe the challenge you are having with a child… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
To most teenagers, life is a strange uncharted land filled with a mixture of new joys, intensely felt, and painful confusions for… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
By the time I was in my early teens, we were able to move into a much more middle-class area. I had… — George Michael Copy Share Image
“Peter,' she asked, trying to speak firmly, 'what are your exact feelings for me?' Those of a devoted son, Wendy.' I thought… — J.M. Barrie Copy Share Image
“Oh, he's a sweet thing and I love him so--and I love life--and everything's beautiful!” — Cornelia Spelman Copy Share Image
The thing about adolescence is that you are emerging from a state of obscurity. You are coming out into the world from… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
I lived through the Fifties in the Midwest when everything that was happening - the repression of homosexuality, for instance, the demonization… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
One of the high points of my life was when I suddenly realized that this dream I had in my late adolescence… — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
