{"quotes":[{"text":"I met Baba Yaga at the end of childhood – past pigtails and fairytales, but not quite ready to give up on make-believe.","author":"Kirsty Logan","tags":["adolescence","childhood","fairytale","fairytales","teenage"],"id":1751,"author_id":"Kirsty+Logan"},{"text":"Nobody, she felt, understood her--not her mother, not her father, not her sister or brother, none of the girls or boys at school, nadie--except her man.","author":"Raquel Cepeda","tags":["adolescence","first-love","infatuation","love","lust","teenage-love","teenagers"],"id":2087,"author_id":"Raquel+Cepeda"},{"text":"I think of what it means to be a teenager in America, necessarily pushing boundaries, making expected mistakes. Here there is no margin for error: a mistake, no matter how insignificant, dashes any small hopes to break the cycle of poverty. Here in Kibera the world is relentless and unforgiving.","author":"Jessica Posner","tags":["adolescence","kibera","poverty","teenagers"],"id":5787,"author_id":"Jessica+Posner"},{"text":"And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have to hear Mary Elizabeth talk about all the great things she exposed me to all the time. I don't understand that. I would give someone a record so they could love the record, not so they would always know that I gave it to them.","author":"Stephen Chbosky","tags":["adolescence","culture","philosophy"],"id":6038,"author_id":"Stephen+Chbosky"},{"text":"No-one had ever looked at me before Suzanne, not really, so she had become my definition. Her gaze softening my centre so easily that even photographs of her seemed aimed at me, ignited with private meaning.","author":"Emma Cline","tags":["adolescence","identity","love"],"id":10524,"author_id":"Emma+Cline"},{"text":"For a moment, I tried to see myself through the eyes of the girl with the black hair, or even the boy in the cowboy hat, studying my features for a vibration under the skin. The effort was visible in my face, and I felt ashamed. No wonder the boy had seemed disgusted: He must have seen the longing in me. Seen how my face was blatant with need, like an orphan's empty dish. And that was the difference between me and the black-haired girl- her face answered all it's own questions.","author":"Emma Cline","tags":["adolescence","awkwardness","flirting","self-discovery","shyness","teen-girl"],"id":11463,"author_id":"Emma+Cline"},{"text":"Young people, however, tend to ignore the customs of their elders. Adolescent rebellion has been responsible for all manner of absurd costumes. The more ridiculous a certain fashion is, the more adolescents will cling to it.","author":"David Eddings","tags":["adolescence","fashion","humor"],"id":11510,"author_id":"David+Eddings"},{"text":"I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early poetry, and bad poets publish it. Thankfully I gave up rather quickly.","author":"Umberto Eco","tags":["adolescence","poetry","talent","youth"],"id":14366,"author_id":"Umberto+Eco"},{"text":"No matter what your origin or beliefs, rather adolescent or full grown. Thoughts are scribed in pencil but actions are carved in stone.","author":"Carl Henegan","tags":["actions","adolescence","beliefs","choices","opinions","stone"],"id":14391,"author_id":"Carl+Henegan"},{"text":"Many parents have experienced the fact that kids don’t seem to honor their parents the way that previous generations of children did. The question we need to ask is, how did we get to this position? How did this lack of respect infiltrate even the closest family relationships? Most importantly, how can we make sure that it doesn’t ruin our bond with our own teens?","author":"Fiona Dimas-Herd","tags":["adolescence","communicating-with-teens","family","fiona-dimas-herd","parenting","respect","teens","values"],"id":16135,"author_id":"Fiona+Dimas-Herd"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":146,"pages":15,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}