Adolescence Quotes

228 Adolescence quotes by 208 unique authors

In our house we say 'adolescence' is a western word. We don't believe in it. — Mira Nair
Based on my own experience, when you're going through adolescence you don't know how the world works. You can't set a story in the world… — Patton Oswalt
I had the classic 40 meltdown. I did. It's embarrassing. It was pretty funny. But then I recovered. To me, it was like a second… — Keanu Reeves
I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces. — Christina Ricci
Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an… — Jose Saramago
I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence. — Brooke Shields
I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was… — Uma Thurman
I designed 'Buffy' to be an icon, to be an emotional experience, to be loved in a way that other shows can't be loved. Because… — Joss Whedon
I was not popular in school, and I was definitely not a ladies' man. And I had a very painful adolescence, because it was all… — Joss Whedon
Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough. — Earl Wilson
I have dwelt ever in realms apart from the visible world; spending my youth and adolescence in ancient and little-known books, and in roaming the… — H P Lovecraft
she wanted to dance with someone who would embrace her in the way she dreamed of since adolescence. — Paulo Coelho
At 17, the smallest crises took on tremendous proportions; someone else's thoughts could take root in the loam of your own mind; having someone accept… — Jodi Picoult
I figure if Doc is right about the time I have left,I should wrap up my adolescence in the next few days, get into my… — Chris Crutcher
Something went klunk. Like a nickel dropping in a soda machine. One of those small insights that explains everything. This was puberty for these boys.… — David Gerrold
In adolescence she thought it was too early to choose, now in youth she was convinced it was too late to change. — Paulo Coelho
Most mothers worry when their daughters reach adolescence but I was the opposite. I relaxed, I sighed with relief. Little girls are cute and small… — Margaret Atwood
Between childhood, boyhood, adolescence and manhood (maturity) there should be sharp lines drawn with tests, deaths, feats, rites, stories, songs, and judgments. — Jim Morrison
If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence. — Susan Beth Pfeffer
All teenagers knew this was true. The process of growing up was nothing more than figuring out what doors hadn't yet been slammed in your… — Jodi Picoult
You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone. — Queen Latifah
Above all, she is the girl who 'feels' things, who has hung on to the freshness and pain of adolescence, the girl ever wounded, ever… — Joan Didion
Teenage boys, goaded by their surging hormones run in packs like the primal horde. They have only a brief season of exhilarating liberty between control… — Camille Paglia
Adolescence is like having only enough light to see the step directly in front of you. — Sarah Addison Allen
And when she started becoming a “young lady,” and no one was allowed to look at her because she thought she was fat. And how… — Stephen Chbosky

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