#adolescence

Hemingway never grew out of adolescence. His scope and depth stayed shallow because he had no idea what women are for. ↗

— Rex Stout

#because #depth #grew #had #hemingway

I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity. ↗

— Tom Lehrer

#bypass #i #maturity #senility #trying

I had very few friends. We always ate dinner with our parents. We didn't want to go out. American adolescence was a lot wilder than I would have felt comfortable with. ↗

— Maya Lin

#always #american #ate #comfortable #dinner

Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses. ↗

— Jena Malone

#about #adolescence #dresses #just #prom

Well, I had this little notion - I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it; it was my great refuge through adolescence. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#adolescence #eleven #great #had #i

A twenty-one-year-old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack of usable experience. Childhood and adolescence were something I knew. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#childhood #experience #i #inhibited #knew

I went through an awkward adolescence and had braces. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#awkward #braces #had #i #through

Make no mistake, adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed. ↗

— Harlan Coben

#gets #make #make no mistake #mistake #out

Premature burial works just fine as a cure for adolescence. ↗

— George Alec Effinger

#burial #cure #fine #just #premature

Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice. ↗

— David Elkind

#adolescence #chance #childhood #choice #friendships