“ He let out a hiss of pain,then smiled that crooked, sheepish smile he always fell back on when he was caught doing something bad. Sorry. I-I didn't mean to. I just- I've been lying here for hours, thi… Holly Black
“ Dear Teens at Starbucks wearing 'Abstain from Sex 2 Attain Ur Goals' t-shirts: Doesn't it depend on what my goals are? John Green
“ Then turn your eyes back on me,and tell me that Cathy and I are still children to be treated with condescension, and are incapable of understanding adult subjects. V.C. Andrews
“ [On hearing that 86% of gay teens have experienced harassment] Eighty-six percent? Eighty-six per-fuckin-cent WERE harassed?! That means fourteen per-fuckin-cent WEREN'T harassed? WHAT?!At MY school a… Penn Jillette
“ I am seventeen. The good things about seventeen is that you’re not sixteen. Sixteen goes with the word sweet, and I am so far from sweet. Francine Pascal
“ Directing teenage actors is like juggling jars of nitro-glycerine: exhilarating and dangerous. Stephen King
“ Don’t touch me. Don’t tell me how beautiful my eyes are, how soft my hair is, how you love to hear my voice. Don’t. Don’t pretend you are falling in love with me. I know you are lying, and every word… Melissa de la Cruz
“ She's a librarian, Sim said. They're not teachers; don't give you half as much hassle. If there's a fire in the school and I've got to choose who I'm gonna save - a teacher or a librarian - the teache… Keith Gray
“ Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads. Sherman Alexie
“ The universe is more than thirteen billion years old. What is the value of a single kiss compared to that? Shaun David Hutchinson
“ The teens whom [danah boyd, director of the research institute Data & Society] interviewed insisted they prefer hanging out in person to messaging on smartphones, but adults have restricted their mobi… Eric Klinenberg
