“18 rules for not getting caught. 1-17: don’t tell anybody. #18: not even your clone.”
“If not, well, Libby didn't care anymore. She'd turn 17 in a few months, and that was practically 18”
“... life is difficult and painful, just by its very nature, not because we're doing it wrong [pp. 17-18].”
“Children under the age of 16, 17, or even 18 are generally not psychologically or emotionally mature enough to consent fully to sexual relationships with adults, or to participate in them on an equal footing.”
“My favourite bit of advice comes from Dr. Daniel Amen’s 18, 40, 60 Rule: “At 18 you worry about what everyone thinks of you. At 40 you don’t care.At 60 you realise no one was thinking about you anyway!”
“Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.”