Lluvia

“I felt then, in that moment, the insubstantial weight of my sixteen years in a way I’d never felt before. I had no control here. No power. I didn’t even have my driver’s license. I didn’t have a job, I didn’t have my own bank account. There was nothing I could do. Nothing I could do to help, to make this better. I had no connections in the world, no voice anyone would listen to. I felt at once everything, everything, and nothing at all.”
― Tahereh Mafi, A Very Large Expanse of Sea

“We spent that summer in complete selfishness, I'm happy to say. The people in the world who could be selfish in the summer of 1942 were a small band, and I'm glad we took advantage of it.”
― John Knowles, A Separate Peace

“...we had no real qualities, except the one that youth gives to everyone for a very brief time, like a big promise that will never be kept.”
― Patrick Modiano

“As we examine the youth of today, we must realize that the negative behavior we see on the outside, is a result of a deeper need on the inside.”
― Eric M. Watterson