Quotes About Youth

Nel limbo di Staryje Doroghi mi sentivo sporco, stracciato, stanco, greve, estenuato dall'attesa, eppure giovane e pieno di potenze e rivolto verso l'avvenire.

demasiado joven, que te obsesiona con sus peticiones de ayuda, o con su simple «estar», que ya en sí es una súplica, es una constante de la vida en el Lager. La necesidad de solidaridad, de una voz humana, de un consejo, incluso sólo de alguien que escuchase, era permanente y universal, pero se satisfacía raramente.

Ma non era solo questo: come se un argine fosse franato, proprio in quell'ora in cui ogni minaccia sembrava venire meno, in cui la speranza di un ritorno alla vita cessava di essere pazzesca ero sopraffatto da un dolore nuovo e più vasto, prima sepolto ai margini della coscienza da altri più urgenti dolori: il dolore dell'esilio, della casa lontana, della solitudine, degli amici perduti, della giovinezza perduta, e dello stuolo di cadaveri intorno

Non valeva la pena di avere vent'anni se non ci si permetteva il lusso di sbagliare strada

Like a stern father, war shames men into hating their childhood games.

He looked like a bored boy deciding whether to poke a dead fish.

Zealous men often confuse purity with intolerance, particularly when they're young.

Above me on the landing stood a strange girl, about my age, with short black hair. She was smiling down at me, not a warm smile, not a friendly smile, but the coldest, most frightening smile I had ever seen.

dude. I'm twelve, but I look like a high school guy. I'm pretty strong, too. That's a good thing. But I guess kids also call me Monster because of my temper.

I never give advice to young writers. They don't need someone to tell them to write something every day. The one thing I will say is: have fun with it. Don't listen to all these authors who tell you that writing is such hard work... If you go into it thinking that, it's going to be a chore for you. If you instead go, Hey! Look at me writing. I'm creating something! I'm having a good time! that's the way to go. Writing is a lot easier when you have that attitude.

I had a camera. My parents had given me a really good camera last Christmas.

Me neither," Shane put in. "Homie don't play that." "I wonder, sometimes, if your generation speaks English at all," Amelie said.

Ummm…" She licked her lips. "Define fun." "Quit doing that, jailbait. It's distracting.

Hey," he said softly. He moved closer to the bars, pressing his face between them. "I always said you were jailbait, but this is ridiculous.

Eve took me to teach me how to fence, Claire said. Not so much how to fence as how to hold a sword and not drop it, Eve said. And then I fought Oliver to a draw. Shane fluttered his hands. Oh, and then we were all elected as ice princesses and asked to go to Disneyland! Laugh all you want. I'm going to look way better in full skirts than you, Eve said.

Of course, I thought I was badass at sixteen, too. Wait, I was badass at sixteen. Oh, yeah.

This is the biggest damn iPod I've ever seen,' Claire said, which made him choke on his beer. 'Kidding. I have seen a jukebox before.' 'The way you're feeding it, I'm not so sure. You think you picked enough songs?

Myrnin: There is no drama so great as that of a teenage girl. Claire: Except yours.

Shane was sitting on the curb next to the old, cracked gas pumps, eating a candy bar. Claire plopped down next to him. "Half?" she asked. "And now I know you're my girlfriend, since you're not afraid to demand community property," he said, and pulled off the uneaten half to hand it over.

He loped off down the hall, and she felt a pure burst of fury. Boys. Why were they always such dumbasses?

she was only eighteen." "Old enough to vote, fuck, and know better

Because I'm a girl, Claire thought. She was barely able to contain the relief welling up inside her. Because we're all stupid and insecure and think that we're never, ever good enough.

She stuck out her tongue at him, and he leaned forward and -- to her horror -- licked it. Ewwww! Then don't stick it out. Shane smiled. If you're going to hang out in my room and tempt me, there's a penalty. One item of clothing per minute comes off. Perv. He pointed to himself. Male and eighteen. What's your point? You are so -- Say, you got any pleated miniskirts and knee socks? I really get off on --

Boys are idiots. You'd think Shane could just say, 'Oh man, I'm glad you're alive,' but no. It's either guilt or amateur night at the Drama Queen Theater.'" She blew out a frustrated breath. "Boys. I'd turn gay if they weren't so sexy.