Sweet 15

"How strange that the young should always think the world is against them- when in fact that is the only time it is for them.
-Mignon McLaughlin

"The young always have the same problem- how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying each other."
-Quentin Crisp

"Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving fish a bath."
-Arnold H. Glasow

"Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves."
-Virginia Satir

"Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find a face of his own."
-Logan Pearsall Smith

"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass."
-Maya Angelou

"Maturity begins to grow when you sense you concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself."
-John MacNoughton

"When buying a used car, punch the buttons on the radio. If all the stations are rock and roll, there's a good chance the transmission is shot."
-Larry Lujack