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I remember what it was like at age 6, not really understanding what was going on around me, but having all these grown-up thoughts…

— Ruby Bridges

As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts.

— David Sedaris

My child-like creativity, purity and honesty is honestly being crowded by these grown thoughts.

— Kanye West

I remember realizing, when I did Little Women [1994], that that was the only time girls that age were being written about. It was…

— Winona Ryder

“He'd possessed all the key elements of a school shooter: hormones, misery, ammunition. People wondered how something like Columbine could happen. Jude wondered why…

— Joe Hill

If you can't count, they can cheat you. If you can't read, they can beat you.

— Toni Morrison

Most adults would not dream of belittling, humiliating, or bullying (verbally or physically) another adult. But many of the same adults think nothing of…

— Laurence Steinberg

Adolescence is when the very worst and best impulses in the human soul struggle against each other for possession.

— G. Stanley Hall

The donning of the ear buds marks the beginning of teen life, when children set off on their own for the passage through adolescence.

— Amity Shlaes

Being an adult is the ability to postpone a want for the sake of a family need.

— Chris Hogan

The idols of one's adolescence tend to endure - you never forget how you worshipped them.

— Molly Ivins

Teenagers complain there's nothing to do, then stay out all night doing it.

— Bob Phillips