Adolescence Wit Wisdom Quotes

“Adolescence is usually typified by an unanswerable combination of innocence and insolence.”
― Alice Thomas Ellis, The Summerhouse Trilogy

“But then she often felt like this lately. The world seemed full of transparent frauds that only she could see through. She was forever shouting from the hustings of honesty, though if any honesty were directed at her she ran from it horrified. And she knew it, laughed at herself for it, wretchedly. She was all to pieces.”
― Jude Morgan, Passion: A Novel of the Romantic Poets

“Everything's going to work out. 'Cause remember--you're the toughest fifteen-year-old on the planet, right?”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“...And so we go and I meet his parents. And it's a very strange thing meeting your girlfriend's boyfriend's parents for the first time. Part of you is angry for obvious reasons and part of you still wants to make a good impression. On a side note, they seemed in perfect health.”
― Mike Birbiglia

“The nice thing about being an adolescent is being able to make mature decisions when you need them and being able to just flow alone with life when you don't.”
― Michael A. Stackpole, Dark Tide II: Ruin

“I learned that adults were not soaring gods, but rather back-yard birds with broken wingtips.
When you are thirteen, about to free-fall into the real world, discovering the broken wingtips is terrifying.”
― Janet Turpin Myers

“Max waited until Barry went into the back office before tapping the aquarium tank and agitating the fish.
"...here's the truth, Hildy. None of us guys is good enough for you --especially not Neanderbob. You deserve someone who's kind and creative and super hot."
"And straight."
"Yeah, that too. Now shut up for a while and watch. We could all learn something from tropical fish. They're utterly useless and yet content."
"Be still and find your inner guppy."
"Yeah, basically.”
― Vicki Grant