Legends Quote by Paolo Bacigalupi

“Now here I am, seventeen with a bullet.”

— Emma Forrest

“There is one disappointment that has come with turning sixteen. I seem to be starting to grow.”

— Franny Billingsley

“It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is.”

— Paulo Coelho

“I assume this kid is “normal” sixteen, like all the rest of them, whereas I’m “life can, and probably will, totally screw you” sixteen.”

— Andrea Cremer

“Most teenagers couldn't wait to turn eighteen. Would I even be around by then? A new goal of mine, don't die. -Trinity”

— Angela McPherson

“The summer I turned sixteen, I shot a man.”

— Anonymous

“Eighteen, and already you've been accused of murder, aided felons, and acquired a death count higher than most guardians will ever see. I couldn't…

— Richelle Mead

“Life is too short, you know? You have to make the best of it. Do things most teenagers wouldn’t do.”

— Tessa Emily Hall

“There's always this build-up to your eighteenth, and when it finally comes around you realize it's just the day after you were seventeen.”

— Lola Jaye

“And I said well luckily I was mature and old enough to take this success at my age. It was bullshit.”

— Nicholas Evans

“Everyone, when they are young, know what their Personal Legend is.”

— Paulo Coelho

“The greatest thing about youth is that you're not yet battle-weary, so you'll try anything.”

— Bryan Cranston