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"Some people are boys longer than others."
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"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."

"Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice."

"At seventeen, the smallest crises took on tremendous proportions; someone else's thoughts could take root in the loam of your own mind; having someone accept you became as vital as oxygen. Adults, light years away from this, rolled their eyes and smirked "this too shall pass" - as if adolescence was a disease like chicken pox, something that everyone recalled as a mild nuisance, completely forgettingone how painful it had been at the time."

"Insecurity, thy name is teenager."

"Some people are boys longer than others."

"At 17, the smallest crises took on tremendous proportions; someone else's thoughts could take root in the loam of your own mind; having someone accept you was as vital as oxygen. Adults, light years away from this, rolled their eyes and smirked and said, 'This too shall pass' - as if adolescence was a disease like chicken pox, something everyone recalled as a milk nuisance, completely forgetting how painful it had been at the time."

"Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they have only themselves to think of."

"Boys my age with whom, in spite of everything, I was obliged to mix occasionally, mocked me."

"Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses."

"As I've said many times, the single most oppressed class in America right now is the teenager."
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"I don't know who you think you are - my mother's voice was low and dangerous - "but if you don't get out of my way right this instant, it won't matter.Adam was the Alpha werewolf in charge of the local pack. He was tough. He could be mean when he had to - and he wouldn't stand a chance against my mom."

"I don't like lies," said Bran, and I knew I'd failed to keep the pain of his revelation from my face. "Not even lies of omission. Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul."

"I am the reality of all coyotes. The archetype. The epitome. You are just a reflection of me."

"Mercy has this ... this uncanny ability to go where the trouble is thickest," Adam told him. He had decided a while ago that it wasn't deliberate, and that it had something to do with being Coyote's daughter. He was pretty sure that Mercy was completely oblivious."

"We've determined that Ms. Hauptman is a potential threat to the public safety, and we are bringing her in as a murder suspect who has supernatural powers that make her too dangerous to be incarcerated in the usual ways."

"Adam has always had . . . heroic tendencies.I touched Adam's arm. "He's my hero.There was another pause. . ."That is the most romantic thing I've ever heard you say, Bran said. "Be careful, Adam, or you'll turn her into a real girl.Adam looked at me. "I like her just the way she is, Bran. And he meant it, greasy overalls, broken fingernails, and all."
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