Quotes about Adolescence

When I was almost 13 I was ripe for religion. I was actually just plain ripe.

I knew Rocky George, the guitar player, 'cause I went to junior high school with him, so I've known him for many years.

The preoccupations of seventeen-year-old girls--their looks, their clothes, their social life--do not change very much from generation to generation. But in every generation there seem to be a few who make other choices. Amy was one of the few.

Goofy was the word that was used most often by my sisters because I've been this tall ever since I was 12 years old.

I had given up practising my Jewish religion when I was a 14-year-old girl and did not begin to feel Jewish again until I had returned to God.

You have to understand the teen years of any leader to understand the mechanics of their leadership.

The testosterone-fueled chip on my shoulder came from a high school career spent futilely awaiting a timely puberty while standing a good foot taller than everyone on earth, all the boys at my high school included. None of them ever asked me out, but I could make them laugh and kick their asses at basketball, so rather than fail at seducing them, I simply became one of them.

I would hate to meet myself at 15.

I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces.

When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn't care. I was getting the high fives and the low fives and the pats on the back. I was cool.

He's taking the change well?" She asked.Except for getting a bit overtired. He's excited, but what 15-year-old wouldn't be under these circumstances?