547 Quotes About Teenagers

All of their faces are cluttered with the shrapnel of rebellion, as if a grenade of alienation has exploded in their midst, piercing every possible soft point of flesh-from earlobes and nostrils to eyebrows, lips, and tongues-with metal studs and rings.

If you find the dividing line between fairy tales and reality, let me know. In my mind, the two run together, even though the intersections aren't always obvious. The girl sitting quietly in class or waiting for the bus or roaming the mall doesn't want anyone to know, or doesn't know how to tell anyone, that she is locked in a tower. Maybe she's a prisoner of a story she's heard all her life- that fairest means best, or that bruises prove she is worthy of love.

Insecurity, thy name is teenager.

Come along. Let’s get out of here and go toast to youth and vampires and rebellion.

Men can be teenagers until well into their twenties. That is well known

Even if you love a lady, don't say you will take care of her while someone else is catering for your needs.

Teenagers are complicated and at times stubborn, yes, but we are not dumb. We see the world in a different light than the rest do, and sometimes, we’re misunderstood because of it. And that’s alright. That must be the definition of ‘human being’: Misunderstood. But neither of us should tolerate degradation in any of it forms.

If life really begins at forty, then all poor people die in their teens.

I was hoping we could just listen to Jimmy Eat World and forget we ever grew up.