“If I had a teenage daughter, I'd be acquitted.”

“When I was a teenager, most fathers tended to go berserk when I asked their daughters on a date.... I discovered that all fathers go berserk when their daughters start dating. I have to assume this was because all fathers were once teenagers at some point in their lives, so they had no illusions about whether or not the boys were “up to something.”

“Had I a thousand daughters, by Heaven! I'd as soon have them taught the black art as their alphabet!”

“Rosie [her teenage daughter] had a secret life now, was putting together her own tribe, finding her identity there, and it was great to see, and it hurt like hell.”

“I'd never been a tall guy, and the girls I'd dated had all been my height--teenaged girls grow faster than guys, which is a cruel trick of nature.”

“Raising teenage sons and daughters is a long and tiresome journey. With God's help the final outcome will be worthwhile.”