“My adolescence progressed normally: enough misery to keep the death wish my usual state, an occasional high to keep me from actually taking the gas-pipe.” InspirationalStatesEnoughWishMiseryTeenagerGasUsualAdolescenceTeenageOccasionalPipeDeath Wish Book:And the Bridge Is Love Source: And the Bridge Is Love
“Adolescence is a twentieth-century invention most parents approach with dread and look back on with the relief of survivors.” LooksParentCenturyApproachInventionReliefSurvivorDreadAdolescenceTwentieth Century Book:A Leak in the Heart: Tales from a Woman's Life Source: A Leak in the Heart: Tales from a Woman's Life