#teenage

I squint my eyes and glare at him. “I don’t have a crush on Quinn anymore.” He raises a golden eyebrow. “No?” I shake my head. “No.” “Why is that?” I stare at him long and hard, trying to decide what to say. Should I be downright, painfully honest? I’ve always found that the best way to be, so I nod. “Two words.” He waits. “Dante. Giliberti.” I hear him suck in his breath and I smile. Sometimes, honesty is refreshing and so very worth it. “Me?” He sounds so surprised, as though he doesn’t know that he is practically a living breathing Adonis. I nod. “You.” He studies me again and I fight the need to fidget as I wait for his reaction. After a minute of nerve-wracking silence, he finally answers. “So, will you keep the bracelet?” I nod. “Can I kiss you again?” I nod. So he does. ↗

— Courtney Cole

#kiss #love #teenager #love

As a teenager I went all Goth, but I wasn't mopey enough. I would pretend to be, but I'd end up making people laugh. ↗

— Melissa McCarthy

#enough #goth #i #laugh #making

Teenage girls these days are more and more getting lured into thinking they should dumb themselves down, and that's going to attract the wrong kind of guy, and it's serious. It's serious business. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#business #days #down #dumb #getting

I think the hardest part about being a teenager is dealing with other teenagers - the criticism and the ridicule, the gossip and rumors. ↗

— Beverley Mitchell

#being #being a teenager #criticism #dealing #gossip

A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money. ↗

— Anne Northup

#common #democrats #family #happy #large

My first hero, as a teenager, was James Connolly. I remember discovering that he was a feminist, and that was an eye-opener, coming from a man of such poverty. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#discovering #feminist #first #hero #i

I don't live with people, that's why my relationships last. I'm not romantic. Even when I was a teenager if somebody asked if they could hold my hand I'd say, - no, it's not heavy, I can hold it myself, thank you'. ↗

— Paul O'Grady

#could #even #hand #heavy #hold

We've been together since we've been teenagers. I can go away and disappear for two years, and when we get back together, it's like nothing ever has changed. ↗

— John Oates

#back #been #changed #disappear #ever

We need somebody who's got the heart, the empathy, to recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom, the empathy to understand what it's like to be poor or African-American or gay or disabled or old - and that's the criterion by which I'll be selecting my judges. ↗

— Barack Obama

#criterion #disabled #empathy #gay #got

I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they have to grow up and move past JK Rowling they can move to me. From Jo to Jodi! ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#cent #fiction #good #grow #grow up