26 Quotes About Growing-pains

Long ago, I would’ve laughed at the idea of not killing someone as my first option, but here I am. It’s strange, the ease of falling so far from who I once was, but does it not take falling to learn how to stand?

I don’t know how to be any version of me, much less a new and improved me.

I had so much to learn back then. I thought that being a man meant putting yourself first and bullying others into following you, no matter what the cost. Now I understand that being a man means taking responsibility, and taking charge as a leader, so that others will follow you of their own volition. --Mars from The Little Light

The phrase ‘Boys will be boys,’ reflects that a male child is expected to be unpredictable and occasionally troublesome.

If it doesn't agree with your spirit let it go.

Buttercup dried her tears and began to smile. She took a deep breath, heaved a sigh. It was all part of growing up. You got these little quick passions, you blinked, and they were gone. You forgave faults, found perfection, fell madly; then the next day the sun came up and it was over. Chalk it up to experience, old girl, and get on with the morning.

I obviously don’t know the whole story here, but good friendships are durable. They’re meant to survive the gaps and the growing pains.

Boys annoyed her. Girls annoyed her. She should have been a cat.

The fact Locke didn't die instantly may be taken as proof that a human male can survive having every last warm drop of blood within his body rush instantly to the vicinity of his cheeks.