--- title: "9 Turned Eighteen Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Turned Eighteen quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Turned Eighteen sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/nicolas-winding-refn-1480_cannes_elle-fanning-was-fifteen-when-we-started_94502.jpg" --- > [ Elle Fanning was fifteen when we started \[The Neon Demon\]. She turned seventeen during the shoot. Four weeks before Cannes, she turned… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-winding-refn/elle-fanning-was-fifteen-when-we-started-the-neon-demon-she-turned/) [Nicolas Winding Refn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-winding-refn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/863/nicolas-winding-refn-1480_cannes_elle-fanning-was-fifteen-when-we-started_94502.jpg) > [“Every so often the authorities registered voters in order to find out who was missing and why. I had turned eighteen and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hyeonseo-lee/every-so-often-the-authorities-registered-voters-in-order-to-find-out/) [Hyeonseo Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hyeonseo-lee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/hyeonseo-lee-20795_old-enough_every-so-often-the-authorities-registere_1141311.jpg) > [“When, she wonders, did she stop being a child? The law says it was when she turned eighteen, but the law doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-shusterman/when-she-wonders-did-she-stop-being-a-child-the-law-says-it-was-when/) [Neal Shusterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-shusterman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bf/neal-shusterman-412_children_when-she-wonders-did-she-stop-being-a-ch_1750870.png) > [Once I turned eighteen, I could cut myself off from everyone and finally get what I wanted, which was to be on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/once-i-turned-eighteen-i-could-cut-myself-off-from-everyone-and/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/003/sarah-dessen-110_cutting_once-i-turned-eighteen-i-could-cut-mysel_746938.png) > [“What happens to you when you get older? Do you just forget everything from before you turned eighteen? Do you make yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/what-happens-to-you-when-you-get-older-do-you-just-forget-everything/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/521/patrick-ness-449_eighteen_what-happens-to-you-when-you-get-older-d_307752.jpg) > [“She escaped from the schools when she turned eighteen. And she went on to be a Doctor, because the only way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leah-bobet/she-escaped-from-the-schools-when-she-turned-eighteen-and-she-went-on/) [Leah Bobet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leah-bobet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e3/leah-bobet-37719_eighteen_she-escaped-from-the-schools-when-she-tu_37324.jpg) > [“On my birthday, every year since I turned eighteen, she called me at twelve twenty in the morning to wish me happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-a-webb/on-my-birthday-every-year-since-i-turned-eighteen-she-called-me-at/) [T.A. Webb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-a-webb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/t-a-webb-23618_baby-boy_on-my-birthday-every-year-since-i-turned_49177.jpg) > [“The walnut tree told me when Emeline Margulies turned eighteen. Law-wise in Pennsylvania, a girl burns her ships at eighteen. Her daddy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clayton-lindemuth/the-walnut-tree-told-me-when-emeline-margulies-turned-eighteen-law/) [Clayton Lindemuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clayton-lindemuth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/clayton-lindemuth-56834_eighteen_the-walnut-tree-told-me-when-emeline-mar_2648212.jpg) > [“It was two weeks after the day she turned eighteen All dressed in white Going to the church that night She had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-underwood/it-was-two-weeks-after-the-day-she-turned-eighteen-all-dressed-in/) [Carrie Underwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-underwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/carrie-underwood-1449_carrie-underwood_it-was-two-weeks-after-the-day-she-turne_1451859.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/turned-eighteen/#itemlist", "name": "Turned Eighteen Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Elle Fanning was fifteen when we started [The Neon Demon]. 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