#ado

I don't write about adolescence. I write about war. For adolescents. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#adolescence #i #i write #war #write

You were tossed away like a pair of beautiful, brand new shoes that did not quite fit. ↗

— Donna K. Childree

#adoption #dysfunctional-families #dysfunctional-family #mothers #the-wayward-gifted

We are involved in youth testing internationally. We want to try to prove without a shadow of a doubt the relationship between physical fitness and health, not just physical fitness and ability to perform. ↗

— Kenneth H. Cooper

#between #doubt #fitness #health #internationally

I'm not opposed to adoption. It's not in my immediate future because I'm on the move a lot and if I were going to be father I would like to be more grounded. ↗

— John Corbett

#because #father #future #going #grounded

I moved up over Lower East Side and I was adopted by eight foster parents; I lived all over New York City with these parents, man, till I was about ten years old. ↗

— Gregory Corso

#adopted #city #east #east side #eight

It's a paradox to be an actress, living in the city, taking planes all the time, trying to find the right balance in this life, which is not so eco-friendly, and still try to respect the environment. ↗

— Marion Cotillard

#balance #city #environment #find #life

You're like the girl who left her shadow in the drawer, but when she went to get it, it wasn't there. ↗

— Wayne Shorter

#get #girl #her #left #like

Even as kids reach adolescence, they need more than ever for us to watch over them. Adolescence is not about letting go. It's about hanging on during a very bumpy ride. ↗

— Ron Taffel

#about #adolescence #during #even #ever

No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent. ↗

— Marcelene Cox

#adolescent #character #gas #his #installment

The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the adoption of the Constitution by the states. ↗

— Herbert Croly

#constitution #hardly #importance #inferior #jefferson