Zella

“Peach pits are poisonous. This is not a mistake. Girlhood is growing fruit around cyanide. It will never be your for swallowing.”
― Brenna Twohy, Swallowtail

“Being sixteen is officially the worst thing I've ever been.”
― Jillian Tamaki, Skim

“When boys called our names, we said 'Don't even say my name. Don't even put it in your mouth.' When they said, 'You ugly anyway,' we knew they were lying. When they hollered, 'Conceited!' we said, 'No- convinced!' We watched them dip-walk away, too young to know how to respond. The four of us together wasn't something they understood. They understood girls alone, folding their arms across their breasts, praying for invisibility.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Another Brooklyn

“Adolescence is when the very worst and best impulses in the human soul struggle against each other for possession." ~ G. Stanley Hall”
― G. Stanley Hall