Deborah Reber Quotes

#1. The thing that got me through the worst of my teen years was running and the piano.

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#2. Teen readers can see aspects of themselves in the teen authors, which in a way, validates their experiences.

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#3. My goal in writing for teens and tweens is to help my audience feel inspired and empowered today, to find their voice today, to believe that they can truly design the life of their dreams ... today. I mean seriously ... why wait?

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#4. Once the initial excitement wears off and it's time to sit down to write, the authors are usually still very eager, but the reality of doing the work can be a little daunting.

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#5. There's this incredible pressure, especially on teens, to be perfect, look right, have the right clothes, date the right people, get into the right school, have the right home life, and so on.

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#6. It may not always feel wonderful. but you're out there doing it. You're running while others are just walking. Or sitting around. I mean, come on - you're out there running, for goodness sake. You're to be taken seriously.

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#7. I'm a big believer in giving teens a voice and opportunities to share their stories and experiences.

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#8. I think it can be incredibly powerful for a teen to be able to put their story out there for others to soak in, learn from, relate to. In some ways, it validates their experience, which for teens (or for anybody, really) is a pretty huge deal.

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#9. Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself.

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#10. I think about what I wish I had known when I was a teen and tween. I struggled with a lot of insecurity and self-doubt as a young girl and the side-effects of that were long lasting, well into my late twenties.

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#11. Letting go is the hardest part ... but you have to look at it through their eyes and realize the pain you caused them is that same pain you feel now.

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#12. We have a society that is going through life not talking about what's really hard about life and trying to pretend like everything's great when it's not. As a result, people feel more and more isolated.

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