#teen

I have a curse. I HAVE A GIFT. I'm a monster. I'M MORE THAN HUMAN. My touch Is lethal. MY TOUCH IS POWER. I am their weapon. I WILL FIGHT BACK. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#teen-fiction #teen

I automatically assume people won't like me, so I don't talk to them unless they approach me first. I can't become a part of a crowd because I can't get past that feeling that I don't belong. ↗

— Stephanie Kuehnert

#drugs #sex #teens #teen

I don't like hope very much. In fact, I hate it. It's the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard. It's bad news. The worst. It's sharp sticks and cherry bombs. When hope shows up, it's only a matter of time until someone gets hurt. ↗

— Jennifer Donnelly

#teen

In another life, I would be your belle ↗

— Katy Perry

#the-one-that-got-away #dreams

Dreams are glimpses into life’s truths. ↗

— Larry Itejere

#children-s-books #fantasy-fiction #teen-fantasy #dreams

There was nothing I could say in retaliation except something that would confuse her. ↗

— E. Lockhart

#teen #humor

Talk about a dream, try to make it real ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#inspirational #inspirational-life #music #dreams

As a child, I read because books–violent and not, blasphemous and not, terrifying and not–were the most loving and trustworthy things in my life. I read widely, and loved plenty of the classics so, yes, I recognized the domestic terrors faced by Louisa May Alcott’s March sisters. But I became the kid chased by werewolves, vampires, and evil clowns in Stephen King’s books. I read books about monsters and monstrous things, often written with monstrous language, because they taught me how to battle the real monsters in my life. And now I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers. I don’t write to protect them. It’s far too late for that. I write to give them weapons–in the form of words and ideas-that will help them fight their monsters. I write in blood because I remember what it felt like to bleed. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#teens #writing #young-adult-literature #life

You can't start a fire Worrying 'bout your little world falling apart This gun's for hire Even if we're just dancing in the dark ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#springsteen #guns

The dream of all men is to meet little sluts who are innocent but ready for all forms of depravity—which is what, more or less, all teenage girls are. ↗

— Michel Houellebecq

#innocence #slut #teenage-girls #dreams