“It happens to many teenagers-that moment when you feel full of resentment or distrust for those adults you once loved unquestioningly.”
“Too many adults wish to 'protect' teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived.”
“I find it really offensive when people say that the emotional experiences of teenagers are less real or less important than those of adults.”
“Never be silent with persons you love and distrust," Mr. Carpenter had said once. "Silence betrays.”
“I believe the sin of covetise is that pang of resentment you may feel when even the people you love best have what you want and don't have.”
“When you wish for something over and over again and it doesn't come true, something else happens; not only do you give up, but you resent your wish and you resent wishing.”