Teen Quotes

“I had choosen the path of the black sheep rather than that of the unicorns and puppies.”
― Magenta Periwinkle, Cutting Class

“I don't believe everything happens for a reason. But I still search for reasons anyway. It's like I don't want to admit that maybe everything really is totally random...that people are just molecules in the air, bumping into each other and floating away again."
-p150, NOTES TO SELF”
― Avery Sawyer, Notes to Self

“Creativity is the catalyst to the future.”
― Ann Marie Frohoff

“Tonight I want to stand on the side of a cliff and look down, dare the wind to gust and knock me off. Everyone thinks that falling to your death is the worst thing that can happen. But that’s a lie. The worst thing is to be alive for no reason.”
― Tammara Webber, Good For You

“Em didn't truly understand about my panic attacks - no one did. But she'd never pushed me to explain, never tried to ditch me when things got weird, and never once looked at me like I was a freak.”
― Rachel Vincent, My Soul to Lose

“She touched something deep in his soul. He didn't believe in love at first sight, but the thought of hurting her made his chest ache.”
― Jodie B. Cooper, Beloved LifeMate

“Fury ignited behind my breastbone , a hot glow like coals blooming into something sharp and dangerous. It was the same old crap- someone thinking they can push you around because you're young, because you're helpless. You had to just sit there and take it because you were under a certain number , because you weren't a real person yet; you could be picked up and dropped like a toy, left behind or thrown away...”
― Lili St. Crow, Strange Angels

“All I did was offer to kill your dog, and the next thing I know I’m being judged.”
― Tom Upton, Hellhounds

“Returning my voice to a conversational level, I called back, “Nora, I’m not
attempting to embarrass you or single you out. I know you’re capable. But stay behind Chas, okay? You die, you d i e permanently, and for various reasons that we’ve already gotten angsty about together, I don’t want that to happen.”
“Okay, okay,” she sighed.
“Angsty?” Chas asked. “Ooh! Later, details!”
“Yes, later.” With that, I waved the team forward.”
― Lia Habel, Dearly, Departed

“The joy you find as a teen, however frivolous and dumb, is pure and meaningful.”
― Goldy Moldavsky, Kill the Boy Band

“It wasn’t that she necessarily wanted to “socialize” at the bonfire, but she wanted to broadcast to the general population that her antisocial behavior was a personal choice not a sentence to social leprosy.”
― J.D. Stroube, Caged in Darkness

“Some guys are worth breaking the rules for.”
― Melissa Pearl, Golden Blood

“There was nothing I could say in retaliation except something that would confuse her.”
― E. Lockhart, The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon—and me, Ruby Oliver

“She looked at her hand: Just some hand, holding a cheap pen. Some girls’ hand. She had nothing to do with that hand. Let that hand do whatever it wanted to.”
― Cynthia Voigt, When She Hollers

“You and I are just kids. We've got the best and the worst of it in front of us”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“All the talking in the world couldn't even prove you and the other person both saw the same color red.”
― L.J. Smith, Secret Vampire

“This just didn’t happen to girls like me. This just didn’t happen to anyone.”
― Jenna-Lynne Duncan, Hurricane

“It's stillness and pressure and rhythm and breathing.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

“Mom always taught me not to use the word hate. As if it were profanity.”
― Tedd Arnold, Rat Life

“When all you wanted was to be wanted, you wish you could go back and tell yourself what you know now.”
― Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift - Fearless Songbook: Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist

“I swam through the thick, smelly, greyish ocean of pressure toward nowhere.”
― Darin C. Brown, The Taste of Despair

“I believed in immaculate conception and spontaneous combustion. I believed in aliens from outer space and vampires, prophecy, and the resurrection of the dead. I had deja vu many times each day. I was thirteen.”
― Kate Braverman, Small Craft Warnings: Stories

“The hours tick by as I lie in bed.
Memories keep surfacing, tormenting me into unbelievable sadness. I can't bring myself to move. I can't fight the memories that keep filling my thoughts. I stay curled in the fetal position as each memory plays out. I can't stop them from coming. I can't make them go away. Nothing can distract me. I can't block the memories, so they continue to come.”
― Ashley Earley, Alone in Paris

“What is your definition of skank?' I ask.
'A skank fucks skeezas she barely knows.”
― Megan McCafferty, Sloppy Firsts

“Matt was almost completely naked. A tattered loincloth and an ugly chain with a yellow diamond were his only apparel.”
― Priya Ardis

“Psychological and emotional wellness is an ongoing process for everyone.”
― C. Kennedy, Ómorphi

“I just wanted one more day." More tears welled up in her eyes. "But it would never be enough. I could keep asking for one more day for the rest of my life.”
― Cindi Madsen, Cipher

“It was supposed to be us against the world, Tyler and me versus everyone else. Now it's just me.”
― Estelle Maskame, Did I Mention I Need You?

“We promised we'd all stay in touch. Even joked about a yearly reunion. These kinds of goodbyes are the scary goodbyes. The goodbyes where you know the chances of seeing each other again are very slim.”
― Estelle Maskame, Did I Mention I Need You?

“Turn your emotions into your ally, or they will get the better of you. Always remember that!” --Hunter’s Dad”
― Darin C. Brown, The Taste of Despair