I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers and wonder why they're here. If they like their jobs. Or us. And I wonder how smart they were when they were fifteen. Not in a mean way. In a curious way. It's like looking at all the students and wondering who's had their heart broken that day, and how they are able to cope with having three quizzes and a book report due on top of that. Or wondering who did the heart breaking. And wondering why.
It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff up.
Stay true to yourself and listen to your inner voice. It will lead you to your dream.
I was an incredibly lonely, very alienated teenager.
I would say I was an all-American teenager.
I enjoyed being a teenager.
I had collages in my bedroom when I was a teenager.
I was, without exaggeration, a delinquent teenager.
When I was a teenager I was a total romantic escapist. My world was books.
I've been a member of Greenpeace since I was a teenager.
I had long hair when I was a teenager.
I was a maniac as a teenager; I'm not going to sugarcoat it. I was crazy.
When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe.
I was a veteran, before I was a teenager.
