Forbidden Quote by Brynna Gabrielson

“We've got an acquisitive gene. We want and want, and there's no way around it.”

— Allegra Goodman

“That's the thing about parents. They ask what you think, but they don't really care, or at least they don't care enough to let…

— Peter Monn

“So does that mean your real parents didn’t want you?”

— Walter Isaacson

“...because when you're young, you don't really believe you'll ever be anything other than young.”

— Meg Wolitzer

“Just because I was too young, it doesn't mean I cannot do something.”

— Alanda Kariza

“But one of the cruelties of teenagehood is that you’ll never know what your parents were really like at your age, and they’ll never…

— Una LaMarche

“I was sixteen, not three. I was old enough to make my own decisions. Try explaining that to my mom, though.”

— Courtney Rene

“That’s the issue with being a teenager: you need guidance and help, but you don’t need to be torn apart, ordered around, and dehumanized.…

— C.M. Stunich

“When you're a teenager, being different- if it's not by choice - seems like the worst thing imaginable. But is it really?”

— Sara Raasch

“It's easier for parents to ignore, to pretend that everything's great and then do whatever they want while convinced it's something you want, too.”

— Sophie Jordan

“I mean , I never even had to really come out to my parents. They always knew, and it was always okay. Or not…

— Julie Buxbaum

“When you’re young you just want to be older, and then later you wish you could go back to being a kid.”

— Lauren Oliver