Quotes About Adolescence

In school, I was a beanpole with a nose I hadn't grown into.

I never used to like how big my hands were because I hadn't grown into them yet.

I always resented having a guardian and the restrictions of going to school at the studio.

As a teenager you bounce off your mum, they give you guidance.

I was really squeamish growing up - not too fond of blood and guts.

Bad habits can easily be formed when you're younger.

I couldn't grow, like, any kind of facial hair at 17.

I grew up in south London and spent most of my adolescence in the snooker halls of the area, turning professional at 17.

A large chunk of my free time during high school was spent in my basement playing 'Halo.' That was all I wanted to do. School dances? For the birds. It was Master Chief or bust. And I wouldn't change anything.

When I was a kid, I didn't have any girlfriends. I was a very nerdy-type dude. Believe me, being a ham does not turn girls on.

fathers. Unlike boys, the importance of being assured of unconditional love increases for girls and seems to reach a zenith around the age of eleven. One reason for this special need is that mothers generally provide more physical affection at this stage than fathers do.

Exige que os pais aprendam a conversar com o adolescente e não falar para o adolescente.

Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen

My name is Brian Robeson and I am thirteen years old and I am alone in the north woods of Canada. All

My name is Brian Robeson and I am thirteen years old and I am alone in the north woods of Canada.

that inward repetition of looks, words, and phrases, which makes a large part in the lives of most girls.

I had been afraid of breast cancer, as I suspect most women are, from the time I hit adolescence. At that age, when our emerging sexuality is our central preoccupation, the idea of disfigurement of a breast is particularly horrifying.

I think everybody's always attracted to both sexes. I mean, I think that women are very attractive. I've kissed girls, but everybody experiments. It's part of growing up.

The only lottery I've ever won was a $100 scratch-off card at age 16, and the 7-Eleven clerk who sold it to me said I was too young to claim my winnings.

I played Winnie Cooper on 'The Wonder Years' from ages 12-18, and did a few other movies during some of the summers.

Stevie Wonder's records introduced me to '70s soul when I was 12 or 13.

Of course, you think back and wonder, 'What would prom have been like?' I didn't have those normal high school experiences. But I was pretty lucky: I had tons of friends at the rink.

And I used to buy 'Fangoria,' the horror magazine, which made my mum wonder if I was going to be a serial killer.

I think every teenager goes through their angst. People who are like, 'No, I had a perfect adolescence,' make me wonder how that is possible.