#teen

He's wrong he's so he's so wrong he's more wrong than an upside-down rainbow. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#somewhat-funny #teensy-bit-sad #wrong #funny

What are you doing with all these books?" I asked, stepping towards a tall stack on the floor. I ran my fingers down the spines, recognizing a few familiar titles from School: Heart of Darkness, The Great Gatsby, and To the Lighthouse. Caleb came beside me, his warm shoulder brushing against mine. "I do this funny thing sometimes," she said, shooting me a mischievous grin. "I open a book, and I look at each page. It's called reading ↗

— Anna Carey

#future #teenage #funny

Mostly because I’ve realized what a lame teenager I was. I was always home at the stroke of midnight; I didn’t like drinking mash; I didn’t have sex. I read books and had an inferiority complex because I was afraid to do all that other stuff. I don’t know anything about being a badass punk rocker. ↗

— Karin Tidbeck

#lost-dreams #teenager #dreams

I was in love with Scott Bennett. That I had been in love with him my whole life, practically. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#meg-cabot #teen-idol #thatsaquote #life

For one last time, I said my goodbyes to the place I’d known as home for the last decade, and for the first time, I welcomed the unknown. ↗

— Nicole Sobon

#teens #young-adult #home

Over the past couple of months, Chantel had become a pro at leading book discussions and inventing fun games and trivia questions that all related to that particular month's book selection. Although, last month's theme, dystopian and the book selection "Matched" by Allie Condie, had the retirement home director a little concerned when everyone wanted to stop taking their medications. Not... a good... thing! ↗

— JoJo Sutis

#chantel-s-choice #humor #jojo-sutis #matched #teen-fiction

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most? ↗

— Mark Twain

#common #eighteen #had #humanity #most

Stacey muttered, "But I hate this school, and this city, and the sooner I leave, the better. I want to start over in a new place. I haven't . . ." her voice trailed off and she looked away from Jason, hoping instead to find her words among the falling raindrops. "Do you ever feel like you aren't the person you're supposed to be? That you could be a different person - and have a better life - if things had been just a little different? ↗

— J.M. Reep

#teenager #young-adult #life

While Owen and Miles talk sports, I people watch. And this is what I see: teenagers trying to act like adults. Or how they think adults act. But mostly they look ridiculous, and I wonder what they don't want to do something that's more fun than drinking, smoking, flirting, and making out. Why are those activities considered to be fun? ↗

— Melody Carlson

#teenage #truth #humor

I've got a dad thanks. Your just the jerk who knocked up my mum and left her to figure out what to do with a son who likes setting things on fire." - Adam Vasic ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#humor #kelly-armstrong #thirteen #humor