Young Adult Quotes

• When I was born in 1942, World War II was still going. And I began to realize when I became a young adult that if we don't teach our kids a better way of relating to their fellow human beings, the very future of humanity on the planet is in jeopardy.

  Graham Nash

  War, Kids, Humanity

  The Acoustic Storm Interviews, www.acousticstorm.com.

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• I made stupid decisions as a kid, or as a young adult, but I'm trying to be now, I'm trying to take this lemon and make lemonade.

  Kevin Mitnick

  Funny, Stupid, Kids

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• I harbored a lot of resentment as a teenager and as a young adult. I still have a problem with authority, I'm trying to listen!

  Nikki Sixx

  Teenager, Trying, Adults

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• And imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.

  John Green

  Alaska, Imagining The Future, Labyrinth

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.46, Penguin

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• We all use the future to escape the present.

  John Green

  Life, Alaska, Imagining The Future

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.47, Penguin

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• Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.

  John Green

  Inspirational, Life, Thinking

  John Green (2008). “Looking for Alaska”, p.58, Penguin

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• We accept the love we think we deserve.

  Stephen Chbosky

  Love, Inspirational, Tattoo

  Stephen Chbosky (2013). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower YA edition”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth.

  John Green

  Alaska, Imagining The Future, Labyrinth

  John Green (2015). “Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.46, Penguin

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• What I thought as a young adult is you act like you have it together whether or not you do because that is what church people do. That is not what God has called us to do.

  Beth Moore

  People, Church, Together

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• I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a young adult.

  Valerie Jarrett

  Girl, Mom, Daughter

  "An Interview With Valerie Jarrett: Senior Advisor to President Obama Talks Gender Parity". Interview with Rahim Kanani, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 3, 2011.

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• I'm grateful for my children, who are slowly emerging to become their own wonderful, interesting, compassionate young adults - which makes me believe that along the way I must have done something right.

  Jodi Picoult

  Children, Grateful, Believe

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• People are funny in like young adulthood, just like how people's musical tastes are cool, but it changes very rapidly. In five or ten years, I'll probably still be confident about what's funny but it probably won't be funny anymore.

  Simon Rich

  People, Musical, Like You

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Despite their tremendous talent, (NBA players) are still, by and large, young adults, seeking validation from an authority figure, and there is no greater authority figure on a team than the coach. Needless to say, in today's warped, self-indulgent climate, too many players couldn't care less about appeasing the coach.

  Phil Jackson

  Team, Player, Nba

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• I like to allow young readers to keep writing in their heads after they've finished reading. Not to leave the ending too open, but enough so they can imagine: What does this mean? My young adult books usually end in a far more obscure way.

  Amy King

  Reading, Book, Mean

  Source: www.hbook.com

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• First, let's look at the importance of the young adult in the cigarette market. In 1960, this young adult market , the 14 to 24 age group, represented 21% of the population. As seen by this chart, they will represent 27% of the population in 1975, they represent tomorrow's cigarette business, as this 14 -24 age group matures, they will account for a key share of the total cigarette volume -- for at least the next 25 years .

  R. J. Reynolds

  Keys, Years, Age

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• it's weird how much people change. for example, when i was a kid i loved all of these things..and over time all of them just fell away, one after another, replaced by friends and IMing and cell phones and boys and clothes. it's kind of sad, if you think about it. like there's no continuity in people at all. like something ruptures when you hit twelve, or thirteen, or whatever the age is when you're no longer a kid but a "young adult," and after that you're a totally different person. maybe even a less happy person. maybe even a worse one.

  Lauren Oliver

  Kids, Thinking, Boys

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• All in all, I am not surprised that the people who want to unravel the social contract start with young adults. Those who are urged to feel afraid, very afraid, have both the greatest sense of independence and the most finely honed skepticism about government.

  Ellen Goodman

  Government, People, Independence

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• Why are young adults so self-centered and always seeking instant gratification? Because older adults, often in positions of power, paint them that way.

  Raymond Arroyo

  Self, Position Of Power, Adults

  "Embracing the Culture of a Younger Generation" by Raymond J. Arroyo, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 9, 2012.

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• I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.

  Candace Bushnell

  Writing, Adults, Looking Forward

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• I am still bowled over by this great young adult novel by David Levithan called 'Every Day,' which is about a character with no gender or body who wakes up every day in the body of a different person. It's a really impressive execution of a really great premise.

  John Green

  Character, Execution, Adults

  "John Green Interview: ‘Fault In Our Stars’ Author Talks Worst Book Ever, Where He Likes To Read". Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 12, 2012.

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• When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults.

  Alison Bechdel

  Growing Up, Book, Adults

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• A lot of people have no idea that right now Y.A. (young adult). is the Garden of Eden of literature.

  Sherman Alexie

  Garden, Ideas, Eden

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• The meaningful role of the father of the bride was played out long before the church music began. It stretched across those years of infancy and puberty, adolescence and young adulthood. That's when she needs you at her side.

  Tom Brokaw

  Meaningful, Daughter, Father

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• The young adult literature is relatively new - it just kind of exploded in the 2000s. When I grew up, there weren't bookstores with sections dedicated to teen lit, nor was my generation raised reading books written specifically for us. Because of that, today we still think of books for teens as children's books and so when you write a book that includes sensitive topics, it just seems even more controversial. What's troubling to me about that is these are issues adults know that teens deal with. Not writing about them makes them something we don't, or can't talk about.

  Jay Asher

  Book, Reading, Writing

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• My book group has one rule: no books for adults. We read young adult fiction only.

  Lev Grossman

  Book, Adults, Groups

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