Seventeen Quotes - Page 2

• A los catorce años ya tenía un trabajo de verdad. A los diecisiete, estaba por mi cuenta. A los veinte, le corté el hígado a un vagabundo y se lo di a mi padre. Porque mi padre es un bebedor y yo quiero a mi padre. ¡Y por ochenta pavos, puedes hacer cualquier cosa en México!

  Christopher Titus

  Trabajo, Papá, Padre

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Era el hombre más perfecto que jamás había imaginado. Era las estrellas de cine, los hombres de los anuncios de ropa interior, los chicos del gimnasio, el obrero de la construcción con la camiseta roja que le había silbado pero ella había fingido no oír; era los hombres con trajes de tres piezas cuyos cerebros eran tan sexys como sus cuerpos; era los chicos de diecisiete años perezosos e indolentes cuyos músculos sobresalían de sus ropas, las estrellas de rodeo y esos hombres de mejillas suaves y ojos vidriosos que abrazaban a sus hijos con ternura. Él era todos ellos.

  Jude Deveraux

  Sexy, Stars, Children

  Jude Deveraux (2012). “Sweet Liar”, p.255, Simon and Schuster

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• Sólo los muertos se quedan diecisiete años para siempre.

  Haruki Murakami

  Forever, Norwegian Wood, Toru Watanabe

  "Norwegian Wood". Book by Haruki Murakami, 1987.

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• No one in my family or my circle of friends had ever had to confront something like this. Jamie was seventeen, a child on the verge of womanhood, dying and still very much alive at the same time. I was afraid, more afraid than I'd ever been, not only for her, but for me as well. I lived in fear of doing something wrong, of doing something that would offend her. Was it okay to ever get angry in her presence? Was it okay to talk about the future anymore?

  Nicholas Sparks

  Children, Circles, Dying

  FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Jul 20, 2011

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• Es demasiado tarde. Las chicas de diecisiete años no necesitan padres. Oh, Dios. Tengo treinta y cuatro años y necesito un padre. No puedo ni empezar a pensar lo que mi hija necesita.

  Melina Marchetta

  Daughter, Father, Thinking

  Melina Marchetta (2007). “Looking for Alibrandi”, p.66, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• But she was seventeen now and not actually dumb. She knew that you could love somebody more than anything and still not love the person all that much, if you were busy with other things.

  Jonathan Franzen

  Dumb, Busy, Persons

  Jonathan Franzen (2010). “Freedom: A Novel”, p.42, Macmillan

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• I discovered that seventeen-year-old girls have such huge verbal energy that their brain drives them to expend it every twenty seconds. On the third day I decided I had to find her a boyfriend -- if possible, a deaf one.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Girl, Years, Brain

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• Yeah,I know you're a creature of the night.Bringer of death,sucker of blood, needer of tans,so on and so forth. And oddly enough,I'm still unimpressed." He narrowed his eyes. "How do you know what I am,child?" What is it with paranormals and calling me "child?" I'd be seventeen in Decemder. How about a nice "ma'am" or something?

  Kiersten White

  Children, Nice, Eye

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• Then I noticed that my shadow was crying too, shedding clear, sharp shadow tears. Have you ever seen the shadows of tears, Mr. Wind-Up Bird? They’re nothing like ordinary shadows. Nothing at all. They come here from some other, distant world, especially for our hearts. Or maybe not. It struck me then that the tears my shadow was shedding might be the real thing, and the tears that I was shedding were just shadows. You don’t get it, I’m sure, Mr. Wind-Up Bird. When a naked seventeen-year-old girl is shedding tears in the moonlight, anything can happen. It’s true.

  Haruki Murakami

  Girl, Real, Heart

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• How old are you?” she asked. My answer was automatic and ingrained. “Seventeen.” “And how long have you been seventeen?” I tried not to smile at the patronizing tone. “A while,” I admitted. “Okay,” she said, abruptly enthusiastic. She smiled up at me.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Long, Answers, Tone

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• very few people change after well say seven or seventeen. Not really. They get more this or more that and of course look a bit different. But inside they are the same.

  Jean Rhys

  Change, People, Different

  Jean Rhys, Francis Wyndham, Diana Melly (1984). “The letters of Jean Rhys”, Viking Adult

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• And, like a fool, she kissed him back. Kissed him a way that would leave no doubt about the way she felt about him. Kissed him because she knew the chances were slim she'd have very many kisses like that in her lifetime. Which is a sad thing when you're only seventeen.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Kissing, Doubt, Slim

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• Which is a sad thing when you're only seventeen.

  Cinda Williams Chima

  Cosas tristes

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• En el año 1902, cuando tenía unos diecisiete años, invadí por casualidad una de las secciones [de Nueva Orleans] donde se originó el nacimiento del Jazz.

  Jelly Roll Morton

  New Orleans, Years, Jazz

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• Por favor, por favor, ayúdame a crecer para ser como ellos, los que pronto estarán aquí, que nunca envejecen, no pueden morir, eso es lo que dicen, no pueden morir, pase lo que pase, o tal vez murieron hace mucho tiempo, pero Cecy llama, y mamá y papá llaman, y la abuela que sólo susurra, y ahora vienen y yo no soy nada, no como ellos que atraviesan las paredes y viven en los árboles o viven debajo hasta que las lluvias de diecisiete años los inundan y los sacan, y los que corren en manadas, ¡déjame ser el único! Si ellos viven para siempre, ¿por qué yo no?

  Ray Bradbury

  Mother, Running, Wall

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• Tengo diecisiete años y estoy loco. Mi tío dice que las dos cosas siempre van juntas. Cuando la gente te pregunte tu edad, dice, di siempre diecisiete y loco.

  Ray Bradbury

  Uncles, Crazy, Two

  Ray Bradbury (2016). “Fahrenheit 451”, p.2, Hamilton Books

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• I work a seventeen hour day, and I'm personally responsible for 108 staff members in the embassy.

  Shirley Temple

  Hours, Responsible, Staff

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• You go to the marketplace and there are seventeen consciousnesses moving in and out. Sometimes you want the same shirt that I want, and our thought bubbles collide a bit and that makes plot.

  George Saunders

  Moving, Plot, Want

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• Fasal liked to fight; Jiaan was good at planning. Together, Jiaan thought sourly, they almost made a whole officer. And if you added Jiaan's eighteen years to Fasal's seventeen, you had someone old enough to command an army as well.

  Hilari Bell

  Fighting, Army, Years

  Hilari Bell (2008). “Forging the Sword”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• Who-who are you?" Seth asked, hesitantly."Wh-what do you want?" How else was was I supposed to reply? The words were out of my mouth before I could stop them.I mean, I'd only seen the movie like seventeen times. "I'm Luke Skywalker," I said. "I'm here to rescue you.

  Meg Cabot

  Mean, Want, Mouths

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• How late is it? How long have we been sitting here? I look at my watch – three thirty and the day is almost ending. It’s October. All those kids recently returned to classrooms with new bags and pencil cases will be looking forward to half term already. How quickly it goes. Halloween soon, then firework night. Christmas. Spring. Easter. Then there’s my birthday in May. I’ll be seventeen. How long can I stave it off? I don’t know. All I know is that I have two choices – stay wrapped in blankets and get on with dying, or get the list back together and get on with living.

  Jenny Downham

  Easter, Halloween, Spring

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• A los doce años parecía una chica de diecisiete. Mi cuerpo estaba desarrollado y bien formado. Aún llevaba el vestido azul y la blusa que me había proporcionado el orfanato. Me hacían parecer una lumpox crecida.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Girl, Blue Dress

  Marilyn Monroe (2006). “My Story”, p.20, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• You’re seventeen,” Magnus said. “You can’t have wasted a life you’ve barely lived.

  Cassandra Clare

  Magnus Bane, Said

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• Perfection I've lived with the pretense of perfection for seventeen years. Give my room a cursory inspection, you'd think I have OCD. But it's only habit and not obsession that keeps it all orderly. Of course, I don't want to give the impression that it's all up to me.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Thinking, Years, Giving

  Ellen Hopkins (2008). “Impulse”, p.675, Simon and Schuster

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• Intento pensar en algo pegadizo que decir, pero no hay nada más que irritación por el hecho de que algo que le hacía gracia a un niño de once años siga haciéndosela a uno de diecisiete.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Boys, Thinking, Irritation

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.62, Scholastic UK

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