Quotes About Adolescence

Adolescence is society's permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.

One of the main tasks of adolescence is to achieve an identity—not necessarily a knowledge of who we are, but a clarification of the range of what we might become, a set of self-references by which we can make sense of our responses, and justify our decisions and goals.

Empathy, attention, and calm provide a scaffold that steadies the teen's volatile emotions.

Where were all the normal cutesy playful nickknacks most girls her age had? There were no Mickey Mouse or Miffy Rabbit stuffed animals, nor posters of singers like Kazuya Kamenashi, or movie stars like Brad Pitt

Al comienzo de mi vida espiritual, hacia los trece o catorce años, me preguntaba qué más podría adquirir en lo sucesivo, pues creía que me era imposible comprender mejor la perfección. Pronto reconocí que cuanto más se adelanta en este camino, tanto más lejos del término se cree uno, y por eso ahora me resigno a verme siempre imperfecta y en eso encuentro mi alegría.

the knowledge, tastes, and social accomplishments of 13-year-olds are often the same as those of 28-year-olds. Adolescents are precociously adult; adults are permanently adolescent.

So much of adolescence is an ill-defined dying, An intolerable waiting, A longing for another place and time, Another condition.

When I was seventeen, I left Scotland to go to Kent, a well-to-do boarding school in Connecticut, where there was a contingent of really naughty kids.

Growing up near Scarsdale, I should have had at least one Jewish girlfriend. Maybe at some point it'll happen.

Most of us remember adolescence as a kind of double negative: no longer allowed to be children, we are not yet capable of being adults.

When I was 16, 17, 18 years old, I felt like I had seen it all and done it all, and I was really kind of negative about everything.

My childhood neighbor played piano, and he told me we'd get all the girls if I learned how to play-and I was probably in eighth grade, going into high school, so I said, 'Sign me up.'

I started on 'Neighbours' when I was 14. It's crazy to think now that I had such a bizarre adolescence.

I worshiped Judd Nelson in 'The Breakfast Club' growing up. I must've seen that movie 100 times.

When I was at school, I loved maths and read lots of books and was horrified at the idea of having a boyfriend... I was probably a nerd, but then, it was a negative term.

I was a nerd growing up, and I'm a little antisocial and awkward.

I was a huge nerd in high school. Sure, I socialized - but I was definitely a nerd.

I was home schooled in high school but was definitely the nerd in middle school.

In high school, you re either a bully, a jock or a nerd, and I somehow tried to jump between camps by using humor. It's amazing how you can blend in with that.

I was a nerdy punk-rock kid.

Everyone in my high school was a bit nerdy. We didn't even have a football team.

I was trying to be someone for the first part of high school. I was kind of this nerdy kid who didn't want to be a nerd anymore. Even talking about it, I'm embarrassed. I'm like, 'Ugh, why did you care what people thought?'

I was a failed grunge kid who was too nerdy to totally get down with rock.

The first job that I booked was a small role in James Franco's film 'Bukowski.' I had to make out with a 13-year-old kid. I think it was his first kiss. I was 15. I became so nervous on set that I actually fainted when James Franco came to direct me.