“Adolescent egocentrism is the belief that others are as preoccupied with an adolescent's appearance and behavior as he or she is.”— David Elkind
“The 'imaginary audience' is the adolescent's belief that a group of followers exist who constantly watch and judge his or her every move.”— David Elkind
“The 'personal fable' is the adolescent's belief that he or she is a unique human being whose feelings and experiences are also unique.”— David Elkind
“We knew, finally, that the girls were really women in disguise, that they understood love and even death, and that our job was merely to create the noise that seemed to fascinate them.”— Jeffrey Eugenides
“The adolescent mind is essentially a mind of moratorium, a psychosocial stage between childhood and adulthood.”— Erik Erikson
“Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.”— G. Stanley Hall
“Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.”— Granville Stanley Hall
“Adolescents need freedom to choose, but not so much freedom that they cannot, in fact, make a choice.”— Erik Erikson
“Adolescents need freedom to choose, but not so much freedom that they cannot, in fact, make a choice.”— Erik H. Erikson
“Adolescence is the period in which a young person learns who he is, and what he really feels. It is the time in which he differentiates himself from his culture, though on the culture's terms.”— Edgar Z. Friedenberg
“A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does.”— Clarence Budington Kelland
“Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years.”— Ann Landers