“ The confusion boys experience about their identity is heightened during adolescence. In many ways the fact that today's boy often has a wider range of emotional expression in early childhood, but if f… Bell Hooks
“ Young people, however, tend to ignore the customs of their elders. Adolescent rebellion has been responsible for all manner of absurd costumes. The more ridiculous a certain fashion is, the more adole… David Eddings
“ If, as PJ O'Rourke ones quipped, giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys, giving actual money and power to teenage boys (and girls) is as predictably d… Mark Hemingway
“ For the first time in my life, I actually wished that everyone was the same. And I despised myself for my "differentness" or "uniqueness" as an individual. In the world there are lots of social groups… Laura Hanna
“ If a society is to preserve stability and a degree of continuity, it must learn how to keep its adolescents from imposing their tastes, values, and fantasies on everyday life. Eric Hoffer
“ Everything was brighter and more colorful in those years, as if my childhood was ending in an explosion of unreal passion that made my life feel sacred and holy. Roman Payne
“ But I could not fully admit it, even then. The way Suzanne's face looked as she watched him - I wanted to be with her. I thought that loving someone acted as a kind of protective measure, like they'd… Emma Cline
“ 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 terrifyin… Janet Turpin Myers
“ Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period. Caitlin Flanagan
“ Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born. G. Stanley Hall
“ I have always had a sense that we are all pretty much alone in life, particularly in adolescence. Robert Cormier
“ Then there were long, lazy summer afternoons when there was nothing to do but read. And dream. And watch the town go by to supper. I think that is why our great men and women so often have sprung from… Edna Ferber
“ How do you teach a classroom of Sybils who are breaking apart and reforming right in front of you? David Brooks
