#teenagers

Amy! Sit correctly, you are wearing a dress...feet on the floor and your knees together girl...You are trying to catch a husband, not flies ! ↗

— Amy Mah

#teenagers #teens-sex-awkward-jocks #vampire #teen

If I were to draw on a paper what gym does for me, I would make one dot and then I would erase it. ↗

— Elizabeth Berg

#exercise #gym #gym-class #joy-school #school

I had choosen the path of the black sheep rather than that of the unicorns and puppies. ↗

— Magenta Periwinkle

#cutting-class #goth #popular-kids #punk #teen

Like its politicians and its wars, society has the teenagers it deserves. ↗

— J.B. Priestley

#society #teenagers #youth #politicians

I don’t think I could have picked a worse guy to be my soul mate. ↗

— Elizabeth Scott

#teenagers #young-adult #young-adult-romance #young-adult-romance

I didn’t want to see it. I didn’t think he’d ever really notice me, and in the end, he didn’t. ↗

— Elizabeth Scott

#teenagers #young-adult #young-adult-romance #young-adult-romance

Before she closed the door, she hit me with this one: "I feel like it's November first," she said, "and I'm that discarded jack-o'-lantern whose heart and guts are splattered all over the boulevard of broken promises." "And a good night to you, too," I said. ↗

— Rick Detorie

#teenagers #broken-hearted-quotes

No. Absolutely not. I forbid it. You'll have nightmares." "She was my friend! You must allow me. Why are you so horrid?" As soon as the angry words were out of my mouth, I knew I had gone too far. "Matilda!" Mother rose from her chair. "You are forbidden to pseak to me in that tone! Apologize at once. ↗

— Laurie Halse Anderson

#parents #teenagers #eating-disorders

Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What was the full impact of World War II? Clear-cut teenage answer: we won. ↗

— Joan Bauer

#world-war-ii

But I don't write about sex for today's teenagers. Or Doc Martens boots either. I'm more interested in exploring how exactly the world is run, which doesn't really change that much from one generation to another. ↗

— Nina Bawden

#another #boots #change #either #exactly