Relationships take work. It isn’t true love if things go smoothly.

Being classy is my teenage rebellion.

I was a quiet teenager, introverted, full of angst.

To be inspired is great, but to inspire is an honor.

Time misspent in youth is sometimes all the freedom one ever has.

Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.

The greatest things in life always come with a chance of great loss.

So many people try to grow up too fast, and it’s not fun! You should stay a kid as long as possible!

It is better to love truly at seventeen than pretend at thirty.

I have this sense that I didn’t really start growing up until my twenties.

Let your inner DORK shine through.

Once you were a winner, you had to stay the winner they expected you to be.

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

As long as I didn’t say it aloud, it wasn’t real.

Let’s face it. No kid in high school feels as though they fit in.

Don’t settle for being an option; become a priority.

I think everyone feels lost at times during their high school years.

The magic of first love is our ignorance that it can ever end.

Just thinking about you brings a smile to face, a twinkle to my eye, and a skipped beat to my heart.