Quotes About Youth

The characters in Six of Crows' aren't kings or queens; they don't have grand destinies. They're just six kids desperate enough to attempt the impossible.

As a young queer kid growing up, I explored my identity through the Chicago and Washington, D.C., club scene.

All my friends were doing just dumb stuff that kids do, like making out with people at parties and starting to date... I didn't know any gay people growing up or any queer people growing up, and so I just really felt alone and kind of lost, and I just wasn't experiencing life.

Me just existing and being myself is making change and making things easier for other young queer kids. I want to be me and express that and break new ground along the way.

Quentin Tarantino is my 15-year-old son's favorite director, and by that I mean no condescension to either Tarantino or my 15-year-old son.

Every education law should be based around the question, 'Is this good for children?' And it's not.

And the question about if I ever dreamed of making the putt on the last hole of a U.S. Open when I was a kid, no, I didn't. But I hit a lot of game-winning shots on the basketball court when I was a kid.

When I was in my 20s, I think there was a lot of really arcane male behaviour that wasn't even questioned.

I was religious probably until I was about eight but I always questioned stuff very early on.

I grew up outside of Seattle and have lived here my whole life, and I think that there is a culture of questioning and guilt. Almost an 'anti-ambition.'

Other kids would be playing with their Action Man, and I was questioning life and society.

As a kid I had all kinds of questions about how I fit it with my neighborhood and friends and other Latinos.

Kids always ask the most obvious and the most difficult questions.

I was writing songs from when I was 12. My songs always came from questions that I need answers for.

By looking at the questions the kids are asking, we learn the scope of what needs to be done.

I got married at 18 after dating my boyfriend for about a year. It was quick, I know. My husband joined the Army, and I thought I'd go to college. But we moved to Fort Hood for his job with no money, not even a car.

At 15 I was very clumsy, big feet and my footwork wasn't great. I was definitely not quick.

I got sick of high school really quick, and I dropped out in 10th or 11th grade. I was in such a rush to grow up that I think I missed a lot of it.

India has a very young population which is comfortable doing business on a screen than do it one on one with a banking executive. They want quick fulfilment of desires, and may not have the time to go to a bank to get things done. Many of them are comfortable working from home.

I've always been quick, ever since I was little.

In Hollywood, you grow up quick.

When I was 16 years old, my brother Frank said, 'You'd better become a catcher, because you're too big and fat to do anything else.' Well, I took his advice. It was a quick way to get to the big leagues, and I've never regretted it.

The truth of why I used to listen to Arrested Development on my Walkman was because if I didn't, it would take me 20 minutes to walk to school. If I did, it took me 15. That's the reason I loved it. I just had more of a kick in my step, more of a bounce, so I'd walk quicker.

I have spent much of my youth on artificial pitches. The body can feel a little heavier, but the ball is there quicker and cleaner.