“Bribes are the glue that's kept teenagers and parents connected for generations”

“The job of every generation is to discover the flaws of the one that came before it. That's part of growing up, figuring out all the ways your parents and their friends are broken.”

“For in today’s generation of teenagers finding acceptance is hard, especially for those who dare to be different-then it’s impossible.”

“DNA is the messenger which illuminates that connection,handed down from generation to generation,carried,literally,in the bodies of my ancestors.”

“if the teenage kids want to carouse, that's where they do it. They make bonfires, and drink too much and smoke dope, and grope around in one another's clothing as if they've just invented it, and smash their parents cars up on the way back to town.”

“...but maybe it's just the genetic code of a teenager. If your parents forbid something, you have to want it.”