Troubled Youth Quotes

“I would be lying if I said I didn't get a kick out of the assignment. Here I am, a "troubled youth," and my self-chosen treatment is to become a stalker. Okay, not stalker. Research Analyst.”
― Lindsey Leavitt, Sean Griswold's Head

“If someone thinks you’re a fucking problem, an addict, a fuck-up, and broken, they’re going to treat you differently despite all their best intentions otherwise, which can foster a slow, steady reduction, stripping away confidence
and self-love until it all becomes a repeated, entrenched story. The irony is that this contraction often occurs in the care of those
who are genuinely trying to help.”
― Cory Richards, The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

“Not every hurt kid is bad, and not every bad kid is hurt. Like everyone else on the planet, they’re individuals. And we need to take our time identifying who is who, and what is what,
for each and every one of them who appears to be struggling with life.”
― LaTasha “Tacha B.” Braxton

“Most often, those who’ve been in the well are those most likely to pull others out of the well…When Jack Canaday was twelve years old he was once in the well…Now, twenty-one years later, Jack has an opportunity to reach down and help others out of the well…”
― Randolph Randy Camp, Wet Matches

“To help someone, is to understand them”
― Valerio K. Riley, From a Problem Child to Another: And for our Shepherd's

“Jag tittar på honom och undrar om bedrövelsen jag ser i hans ögon beror på att han har gjort mig besviken eller om han bara spelar teater igen.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“Mina brister är det som väcker mig på morgnarna och det som håller mig vaken varenda natt.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9