Quotes About Struggle

I definitely would say, by sixth grade, I was a professional shoplifter - and not because I wanted to. I'm not going out to shoplift earrings or clothes or shoes like the average teenager. I was shoplifting frozen dinners at a grocery store.

I was a very unconfident teenager. I wanted desperately to fit in.

Being a teenager, it's so hard to find foundation that's good for your skin for everyday wear.

I was a very isolated teenager.

We were very poor, and I entered a talent contest as a young teenager because if you entered, even if you didn't win, they gave you a free blouse.

When I was a teenager, I battled some severe depression.

That messed me up, growing up in the public eye when I was a teenager. That's when everyone is trying to find themselves.

I was sort of a miserable teenager.

As a teenager, I ached to grow up even more than I dreaded to. I craved escape from my parents' impositions on what I believed.

I feel very fortunate that while I had a little bit of personal panic or maybe a little internal struggle as a teenager, really coming to terms with the fact that I was gay, and also knowing I was going to have to tell my family. And, how was that going to affect things? And would it affect things? And ultimately, it did not.

I couldn't handle the pain and confusion surrounding my dad's divorce, and I was having a hard time balancing being a teenager with pursuing two different grown-up careers.

I always had a hard time communicating my emotions. I'd retreat into my bedroom and listen to music. And when you're a teenager, you're dealing with all these hormones. It's like, 'What are these?'

I definitely did not like my body when I first started sports. I didn't like my body just in general as a teenager. Being a girl and a teenager with two prosthetic legs and two hands that were misshapen that had so much reconstructive surgery on them, I thought my world was over - put a zit on top of that, and then my life is completely over.

I didn't quite fit in in any particular, specific way. I was a gay teenager who was into drama.

I have struggled with anxiety and depression since I was a teenager.

I was not a happy teenager in the slightest.

As a teenager, I struggled a lot, had several major depressive episodes, and ended up dropping out of high school and getting a GED.

I wrote 'Love Is Dead' when I was a super-depressed teenager.

I was a teenager and it was tough years for me. Being able to bring myself into a character and live in somebody else's world was so important for me emotionally. I couldn't express things well in my normal life. I was so overwhelmed by my emotions.

As a teenager I became a boat person - a refugee - as I made my way to Palestine.

I know what it's like to be a teenager in Orange County. I know what it's like to be a kid in L.A. I know what it's like to not have any money and have your lights turned off. I know what it's like to live in a house with five rooms.

I went through a time of depression in my life when I was a teenager - I think a lot of teenagers do.

The powers of the teenagers in 'The Darkest Minds' were always meant to represent that inherent drive that young people have to make change, and how the world pushes back against it.

I used to say teenagers were the aliens among us and I think all teenagers feel that way in many respects.