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title: "2 Seventeen Quotes By John Goode"
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> [“I was seventeen and on the edge of an eighteen that seemed terrifying to a young man not sure of his sexuality. I knew I liked guys but was still under the delusion that an attraction to guys didn't make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/i-was-seventeen-and-on-the-edge-of-an-eighteen-that-seemed-terrifying/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

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> [“I remember being on the edge of seventeen, that dangerous time between childhood and young adult when the cement is still wet in your mind. That part of your life where things get stuck and form who you are forever,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/i-remember-being-on-the-edge-of-seventeen-that-dangerous-time-between/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

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## Other authors on Seventeen

## More by John Goode

> [“It takes more courage than one would expect to sit in a car you know you're going to wreck and even more to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/it-takes-more-courage-than-one-would-expect-to-sit-in-a-car-you-know/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“... life sucks, and I am pretty sure Fate hates me. But there is nothing I can do about any of that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/life-sucks-and-i-am-pretty-sure-fate-hates-me-but-there-is-nothing-i/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“For Kyle, thinking can just end up being destructive. It’s like he was always playing chess in his mind against himself for stakes that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/for-kyle-thinking-can-just-end-up-being-destructive-it-s-like-he-was/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“NO ONE starts a trip thinking that they might crash. Even though there is always a possibility, no one in their right mind ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/no-one-starts-a-trip-thinking-that-they-might-crash-even-though-there/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“I mean, sure, maybe the princess did indeed date the criminal, but how exactly did they make that work?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/i-mean-sure-maybe-the-princess-did-indeed-date-the-criminal-but-how/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“I was seventeen and on the edge of an eighteen that seemed terrifying to a young man not sure of his sexuality. I knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/i-was-seventeen-and-on-the-edge-of-an-eighteen-that-seemed-terrifying/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“Every time I had dared to hope for something in my life, it seemed that fate, like a small, angry child, went out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/every-time-i-had-dared-to-hope-for-something-in-my-life-it-seemed/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“I didn’t have a life before you. All of that was… was just a waste of time.” I put my hand over his heart.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/i-didn-t-have-a-life-before-you-all-of-that-was-was-just-a-waste-of/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“If she understood the difference between referring to me as "the gay guy" and using my name, the knowledge was lost between her vapid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/if-she-understood-the-difference-between-referring-to-me-as-the-gay/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“So I sat there and thought about faking a heart attack so I could skip school for a few months. I mean, they wouldn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/so-i-sat-there-and-thought-about-faking-a-heart-attack-so-i-could/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“Like my own personal sun, he was not only too radiant to look at directly, I also found myself more and more drawn into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/like-my-own-personal-sun-he-was-not-only-too-radiant-to-look-at/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“I even went to the source of all wisdom, I went and knelt at the great Queen of Drag’s feet and asked her how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/i-even-went-to-the-source-of-all-wisdom-i-went-and-knelt-at-the-great/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“The more it changes, the more it's the same thing. But overall, things have changed. I say changed and not "changed for the better"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/the-more-it-changes-the-more-it-s-the-same-thing-but-overall-things/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“My parents were high school sweethearts, which is a term that means “too stupid to use a condom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/my-parents-were-high-school-sweethearts-which-is-a-term-that-means/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

> [“I swore to myself I would never be that guy, the guy who loses his shit for the first pretty face he sees. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-goode/i-swore-to-myself-i-would-never-be-that-guy-the-guy-who-loses-his/)

[John Goode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-goode/)

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