Thirteen Quotes · Page 4

“What if you weren't the person I hoped you were? That, more than anything, would have hurt the most.”

— Jay Asher

“When I was thirteen, I used to get high on Dylan Thomas, Blake, Wilde, and Yeats.”

— Jolie Holland

I finished school, because I started when I was thirteen, so basically around 16 or 17, I just focused on finishing high school.

— Jhene Aiko

I learned to cook when I was ten, and I could cook a whole meal for my family by thirteen - and…

— Tan France

I had become an atheist at the age of thirteen, when atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.

— Paul Krassner

As a girl - twelve, thirteen years old - I was absolutely certain that a good book had to have a man…

— Elena Ferrante

Someone needs to give the Pope thirteen babies. Just for a week or so. See how he likes no birth control then.

— Laura Moriarty

What I try to do for my readers is to pass on some of the things that I found out about being…

— Diane Duane

As I grew older I found that I really had a knack for rhyming and I pursued that. So by thirteen I…

— LeCrae

“Amory became thirteen, rather tall and slender, and more than ever on to his Celtic mother. He had tutored occasionally—the idea being…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Look, it's my misery that I have to paint this kind of painting, it's your misery that you have to love it,…

— Mark Rothko

When I think of how we show faith, I cannot help but think of the example of my own father. I recall…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“We are the Thirteen, from now until the Darkness claims us.” She said it quietly, but knew all could hear her. “Let’s…

— Sarah J. Maas

Dan," she said. "I'm worried about him. It's not right that a thirteen-year-old knows as much as he does bout stealing things."…

— Roland Smith

Oh, hi. I been married thirteen years, and lemme tell you, it's a thrill to be out of the house. I never…

— Roseanne Barr

In fact when Sweet Honey was ten years old it was too big for me to run, and I knew it, but…

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

Education is huge for me. I went to public school until I turned thirteen, and was lucky enough to afford college once…

— Julia Stiles

Basically, I've reached the point where I've lost any direct relationship to any of the editors I used to have. I suspect…

— Richard Meltzer

And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and…

— Sojourner Truth

“When he saw Tyler, his face went serious, which struck me as comical. Andy had always been protective, but when it came…

— Jessi Kirby

“Good God. Johnny freakin' Ramos. Out in the hall. Of course, out in the hall. Hell, he'd spent half his life out…

— Tara Janzen

Do you have a Wish?' he asked, referring to this organization, The Genie Foundation, which is in the business of granting sick…

— John Green

The lesson here is very simple. But it is striking how often it is overlooked. We are so caught in the myths…

— Malcolm Gladwell

I just couldn't believe that it [Into the Forest script] had fallen into my lap, because I felt so incredibly connected to…

— Evan Rachel Wood

I am beyond excited to be working with the BBC as part of the cast of 'Thirteen.'

— Jodie Comer

You just think 'cus he's thirteen he has exceptions, except when he doesnt give a fuck if you accept him.

— D Pryde

In Denmark, you have thirteen or more political parties, so it's not too difficult to find a party who reflect your views.

— King Diamond

Lena made a face. She almost never wore makeup; she didn't have to. "You know, it's not like we all sign a…

— Kami Garcia

All my friends started getting boyfriends, but I didn't want a boyfriend, I wanted a thirteen-colour biro.

— Victoria Wood

Nine and nine makes fourteen, four and four makes nine. The clock is striking thirteen, I think I've lost my mind.

— Elvis Presley

It was like seeing Bill Gates at age thirteen, times two. And half of him was wearing a cheerleader uniform. Yes, I…

— Jordan Sonnenblick

I had, by thirteen, developed a sort of Taoist hubris about my ability to control via non-control.

— David Foster Wallace

I like to make all kinds of movies. I'd do 'Ocean's Thirteen' with the right script.

— Steven Soderbergh

“We were of thirteen minds, like a tree, in which there is one Red-tail and eleven squirrel parts.”

— Cameron Conaway

It's my heart that is tired. A thirteen-year-old heart shouldn't feel like this.

— Markus Zusak

Unhappiness in a child accumulates because he sees no end to the dark tunnel. The thirteen weeks of a term might just…

— Graham Greene

I started doing music when I was thirteen; I actually started writing my first rhymes.

— Kendrick Lamar

“There were fourteen steps exactly fourteen. But the top one was smaller, out of proportion, as if it had been added to…

— Stephen King

I think from the age of thirteen, I really wanted to be a producer and I've always thought that the producer was…

— Jeff Lynne

When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.

— Harper Lee