Something dramatic happens to girls in early adolescence. Just as planes and ships disappear mysteriously into the Bermuda Triangle, so do the selves of girls go down in droves. ~ Mary Pipher, Reviving Ophelia

The best substitute for experience is sixteen. ~ Raymond Duncan

Teenagers are my life and my triumph. I'd be nowhere without them. ~ Elvis Presley

I was… the loser of my class. I had absolutely no friends. ~ Neve Campbell

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple. ~ Carol Burnett, Phil Donahue Show, 1986

Adolescence is like cactus. ~ Anais Nin

Juvenile appraisals of other juveniles make up in clarity what they lack in charity. ~ Edgar Friedenburg

The needs of children during adolescence are particular and acute. They need an opportunity to develop a sense of identity and to maintain the sense of security that emanates from group acceptance. ~ Elliot W. Eisner

If you can’t count, they can cheat you. If you can’t read, they can beat you. ~ Toni Morrison

Mope--hope--grope. ~ Maxine Davis, Lost Generation

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