"Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood.“

-Louise J. Kaplan

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"The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not."

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"Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion."

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"Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future."

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"Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion."

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"I'm selfish, impatient, and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I'm out of control, and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."

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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

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