I do not agree with this century's fashion of running down the human species as a failed try, a doomed sport. At… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
I had been afraid of breast cancer, as I suspect most women are, from the time I hit adolescence. At that age,… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Childhood is not only the childhood we really had but also the impressions we formed of it in our adolescence and maturity.… — Cesare Pavese 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
Sending grown-ups up the wall is one of the things adolescence is all about. A few years ago it was done with… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
“The drinking, the skipping school – all of it – was about regaining some sort of control. That night I felt there… — Sasha Martin Copy Share Image
No matter how good you are, at some point your kids are gonna have to create their own independence and think that… — Eddie Vedder Copy Share Image
When I was 14, I felt very rundown; I had a home to go to, but I felt like I was 60… — Gus Van Sant Copy Share Image
The signs that presage growth, so similar, it seems to me, to those in early adolescence: discontent, restlessness, doubt, despair, longing, are… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
The troubles of the 20th century are not unlike those of adolescence -- rapid growth beyond the ability of organizations to manage,… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Infancy is the realm conveyed to us in dreams which look backward to the past. Adolescence, more like a work of art,… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
“I spent half my childhood trying to be like my dad. True for most boys, I think. It turns with adolescence. The… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Something about the turbulence of adolescence makes you want to do something creative...I thought as I got older I would stop writing… — Allison Joseph Copy Share Image
“Americans invented adolescence. It is not a natural phenomenon. Adolescence is a social construct, created by an urban-industrial society that keeps its… — Sarah Beth Durst Copy Share Image
Germany's hierarchical reverence for seniority may have something to do with the fact that everything here happens relatively late. Germans start school… — Luke Harding Copy Share Image
During adolescence imagination is boundless. The urge toward self-perfection is at its peak. And with all their self- absorption and personalized dreams… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
There's something so remarkable in the intensity of taking care of somebody who can't take care of him or herself. And then… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
For a long time in my adolescence, comedy was the only tool I had for communication and dealing with the world and… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
College campuses are a focus of prevention efforts for meningococcal disease because of the increased incidence of the disease during adolescence and… — Erik Paulsen Copy Share Image
The best of our theater is standing on tiptoe, striving to see over the shoulders of father and mother. The worst is… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
It's no surprise to me that intellectuals commit suicide, go mad or die from drink. We feel things more than other people.… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
“Adolescence impelled her eyes to stay at an even keel, to deal with the ground before flickering to the heavens. Night became… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
I have tried to answer the question which sent me to Samoa: Are the disturbances which vex our adolescents due to the… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
“If, as PJ O'Rourke ones quipped, giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys,… — Mark Hemingway Copy Share Image
Adolescence is a tough time for parent and child alike. It is a time between: between childhood and maturity, between parental protection… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm stuck in my adolescence, but I think, like a lot of people, I carry my teen years with… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Human life is a continuous thread which each of us spins to his own pattern, rich and complex in meaning. There are… — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share Image
My adolescence progressed normally: enough misery to keep the death wish my usual state, an occasional high to keep me from actually… — Faye Moskowitz Copy Share Image
I designed 'Buffy' to be an icon, to be an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can't… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Adolescence is such a fun time in your life, because you think you know it all, and you haven’t gotten to the… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
“You don’t necessarily have to want to become an adult; it happens as a matter of course, as you go, making choices.… — Banana Yoshimoto Copy Share Image
There comes a time in life where you will become and adult so that means it'll be a time to push away… — Telisa McLaughlin Copy Share Image
The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
And then there is the universal role of adult. When you play that role, you take yourself and life very seriously. Spontaneity,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Yet when adults lose the four distinguishing features of adolescence, when they stop cultivating the power of novelty seeking, social engagement, emotional… — Daniel J. Siegel Copy Share Image
“Guillam was exhausted. Forty is a difficult age at which to stay awake, he decided. At twenty or at sixty the body… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
The phenomenal success of the recovery movement reflects two simple truths that emerge in adolescence: all people love to talk about themselves,… — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
Many, many individuals will report starting to form their lifelong interests around adolescence. Why that is, researchers don't fully know. But if… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
To me everyone goes through that at some point in adolescence, you know. There's - you meet someone when you're a young… — Don Hertzfeldt Copy Share Image
