Youth

Youth gathers quotations that capture the bright urgency of beginnings: first loves, first rebellions, first hard lessons. Here you’ll find writers tracing the quicksilver moods of adolescence and early adulthood—confidence that borders on recklessness, tenderness that feels absolute, and the sharp awareness of time just starting to count. The category holds both celebration and critique: praise for curiosity and daring, alongside warnings about naivety, impatience, and the masks we try on before we know our own faces. Expect lines about growing pains, friendship and belonging, the hunger to be seen, and the moment innocence gives way to choice. These quotes resonate because they remember how intensely life can be felt at the start.