--- title: "8 Turned Thirteen Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Turned Thirteen quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Turned Thirteen sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/julia-stiles-10034_actresses_education-is-huge-for-me-i-went-to-publi_215905.jpg" --- > [Education is huge for me. I went to public school until I turned thirteen, and was lucky enough to afford college once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-stiles/education-is-huge-for-me-i-went-to-public-school-until-i-turned-2/) [Julia Stiles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-stiles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/julia-stiles-10034_actresses_education-is-huge-for-me-i-went-to-publi_215905.jpg) > [My Francine just turned thirteen, she's my angelic teenage queen. And I love her, she's all that I want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zz-top-21087/my-francine-just-turned-thirteen-she-s-my-angelic-teenage-queen-and-i/) [ZZ Top](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zz-top-21087/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/zz-top-21087_boyfriend_my-francine-just-turned-thirteen-she-s-m_255124.jpg) > [When I turned thirteen, I moved up to the junior bull scale. They didn't really classify them by how big they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-bingham/when-i-turned-thirteen-i-moved-up-to-the-junior-bull-scale-they-didn/) [Ryan Bingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-bingham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/ryan-bingham-12976_bad_when-i-turned-thirteen-i-moved-up-to-the_615774.jpg) > [When I turned thirteen and took a typing class, with typical early teen enthusiasm and total lack of critical ability, I started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/when-i-turned-thirteen-and-took-a-typing-class-with-typical-early/) [Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63c/sherwood-smith-10181_ability_when-i-turned-thirteen-and-took-a-typing_767619.png) > [“When he saw Tyler, his face went serious, which struck me as comical. Andy had always been protective, but when it came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessi-kirby/when-he-saw-tyler-his-face-went-serious-which-struck-me-as-comical/) [Jessi Kirby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessi-kirby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/jessi-kirby-10504_guys_when-he-saw-tyler-his-face-went-serious_1300228.png) > [“It’s just you, your homework, and the homework room. All. Day. Long. I turned thirteen in that room. Winter ended, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/it-s-just-you-your-homework-and-the-homework-room-all-day-long-i/) [James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab2/james-patterson-171_homework_it-s-just-you-your-homework-and-the-home_1541806.jpg) > [“Her most recent birthday. She’d just turned thirteen. But not last December—December 17, 1941, the last day she had lived in New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/her-most-recent-birthday-she-d-just-turned-thirteen-but-not-last/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75f/rick-riordan-27_birthday_her-most-recent-birthday-she-d-just-turn_1869100.jpg) > [When Tupac turned thirteen, we were homeless on that day. His theater club gave him a party. Sometimes I do wonder that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/afeni-shakur/when-tupac-turned-thirteen-we-were-homeless-on-that-day-his-theater/) [Afeni Shakur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/afeni-shakur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/afeni-shakur-12962_art_when-tupac-turned-thirteen-we-were-homel_1904110.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/turned-thirteen/#itemlist", "name": "Turned Thirteen Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Education is huge for me. 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