The upheavals of adolescence silenced 'A Christmas Carol' for a few years. I became a firebrand atheist. Christmas - humbug! Too commercial! Then I became an agnostic. Christmas was a pro-forma affair basically a chore. Buy mother a book dad a new tie my brother and sister small gifts. Pretend thanks for the fountain pens and shirts I received.

Make no mistake adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed.

Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood.

Adolescence is a new birth for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.

Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.

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

I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone I know but mine was plain weird.

Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.

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

Adolescence is just one big walking pimple.