--- title: "1 90s Quotes By Jake Vander Ark" description: "1 90s quotes by Jake Vander Ark. Plus more from Jake Vander Ark and more 90s sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/338/jake-vander-ark-29032_90s_94-was-a-good-year-to-be-twelve-star-war_1102430.jpg" --- > [“94 was a good year to be twelve. Star Wars still had two more years as Box Office King, cartoons were still hand-drawn, and the Disney "D" still looked like a backwards "G." Words like "Columbine," "Al Qaeda" and "Y2K"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/94-was-a-good-year-to-be-twelve-star-wars-still-had-two-more-years-as/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/338/jake-vander-ark-29032_90s_94-was-a-good-year-to-be-twelve-star-war_1102430.jpg) ## More by Jake Vander Ark > [“But in the end, black can never be white, one plus one must always equal two, and Mara Lynn was a normal little girl.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/but-in-the-end-black-can-never-be-white-one-plus-one-must-always/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“Every time I think about that girl, my mind commits a sin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/every-time-i-think-about-that-girl-my-mind-commits-a-sin/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“When he did think—when his brain began the slow chugging of rusty gears—the only thoughts that came were unspeakable things like, what’s the worst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/when-he-did-think-when-his-brain-began-the-slow-chugging-of-rusty/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“She had a woman’s swagger at twelve-and-a-half. Hair: strawberry-blonde, and I vaguely recall a daisy in the crook of her ear. She was an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/she-had-a-woman-s-swagger-at-twelve-and-a-half-hair-strawberry-blonde/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“…girls were like poems: weird, incomprehensible and boring, but those “in the know” assured me that they were beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/girls-were-like-poems-weird-incomprehensible-and-boring-but-those-in/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“When left unsatisfied, lust becomes violence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/when-left-unsatisfied-lust-becomes-violence/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“94 was a good year to be twelve. Star Wars still had two more years as Box Office King, cartoons were still hand-drawn, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/94-was-a-good-year-to-be-twelve-star-wars-still-had-two-more-years-as/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“William looked up... through his tears... past the catwalk and lights... past the sky... through the dark and clouds and stars and into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/william-looked-up-through-his-tears-past-the-catwalk-and-lights-past/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“most suicidal teens are different; they’re tempted to kill themselves. with me, i know i need to die; i should be killed for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/most-suicidal-teens-are-different-they-re-tempted-to-kill-themselves/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“it was unmatched life experience that bestowed in her eyes the sultry gleam that separates women from girls. although she viewed her “life experience”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/it-was-unmatched-life-experience-that-bestowed-in-her-eyes-the-sultry/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“What’s so beautiful about girls?” I would implore. And the secret society of adults would reply with a smirk and wink as if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/what-s-so-beautiful-about-girls-i-would-implore-and-the-secret/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“The night seemed suddenly defiled by the absence of music, as if the silence itself was injecting a sickness that only another song could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/the-night-seemed-suddenly-defiled-by-the-absence-of-music-as-if-the/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“sometimes life isn’t worth the pain. i’m going for a swim. goodbye, my love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/sometimes-life-isn-t-worth-the-pain-i-m-going-for-a-swim-goodbye-my/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“Judge that boy if you must; for debauchery, for objectifying innocence... but before you finalize your verdict, oh innocent reader, I beg you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/judge-that-boy-if-you-must-for-debauchery-for-objectifying-innocence/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) > [“his stubble was cut smooth. he smelled of aftershave, dry deodorant and sex-tarnished bedsheets. those eyes--grey, strong, inlaid beneath a firm brow that displayed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-vander-ark/his-stubble-was-cut-smooth-he-smelled-of-aftershave-dry-deodorant-and/) [Jake Vander Ark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-vander-ark/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/zz-90s/jake-vander-ark/#itemlist", "name": "1 90s Quotes By Jake Vander Ark", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“94 was a good year to be twelve. 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