Quotes About Tweens

#1. I've written a lot of novels for teens and tweens ... but I'd never really tackled the North Carolina side of me. And it's so strong and so important, and yet I hadn't acknowledged it. And so one of the things I wanted to do in "Shine" is take that on.

Lauren Myracle

#2. At that time Frodo was still in his tweens, as the hobbits called the irresponsible twenties between childhood and coming of age at thirty-three.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#3. Misconceptions about Young Adult fiction aren't new to fans of the genre. From being dismissed as mindless fluff for 'Twilight'-obsessed tweens, to constant warnings that the genre is dying, kerfuffles between the media and readers occur with alarming regularity.

Jennifer Armintrout

#4. The premise of 'Secret Coders' is reminiscent of 'Harry Potter.' An intrepid band of tweens stumbles upon a secret school, only instead of teaching magic, the school teaches coding.

Gene Luen Yang

#5. 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?

Deborah Reber

#6. I can't fire my gun without bringing attention to myself while surrounded by more zombies than tweens at a One Direction concert, and I cannot win in a hand to hand fight. Against the zombie, not One Direction. I'd destroy those guys.

Tracey Ward

#7. In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly the same message is being given to the parents of tweens.

Maggie Gallagher

#8. The author of the extremely successful Twilight series was rejected by 14 different publishers before the 15th picked up Twilight. What would all the tweens do if Bella and Edward hadn't been brought to life?!

Stephenie Meyer

#9. So could we please not mob the three-thousand-plus-year-old reaper like tweens at a boy-band concert?

Rachel Vincent

#10. ...but freedom is scary.

Renata Suerth

#11. Not accustomed to entertaining angels, are we?" he asked.

Mark Andrew Poe

#12. Beck stabbed a hand through his hair and continued.

Marilee Brothers

#13. Every man dies. Not every man truly lives." Sir William Wallace

Amanda M. Thrasher

#14. Oooh, sneaky, I thought. Must be how normal mothers operate instead of yelling.

Marilee Brothers

#15. Do you want me? I am yours.

Mark Andrew Poe

#16. Working as a journalist, I was always tempted to lie. I felt I could do dialogue better than the person I was interviewing. I felt I could lie better than Nixon and be more concise than some random person I was covering.

Tim O'Brien

#17. I am Rabbit. I can be anywhere. I can be everywhere. I am outside time. I am outside dimension.

Mark Andrew Poe

#18. We all know what we have to do what the inkling provokes us. We have to do the right thing. We have to make that extra push out of bed, or off the sofa. We must just do it.

Mark Andrew Poe

#19. Humans seem to have an innate drive to master other creatures.

Paul Greenberg

#20. Just think of them as your little pets.

Renata Suerth

#21. I don't give up on people, even when they give up on me.

Mark Andrew Poe

#22. I one time tripped on that shit with Cassius for a week on the Thermic." She catches my look. "Well, it was before I met you. And have you ever seen him with his shirt off? Don't tell Sevro, by the way.

Pierce Brown

#23. No time for monsters.

Mark Andrew Poe

#24. It is difficult to understand the journey of a hero," the whisperer said.

Mark Andrew Poe

#25. We would learn as much as we could, be as honourable as we could, be as courageous as we could, and be as happy as we could.

S.L. Mills

#26. Our ability to choose is sacred. It's what makes humans special.

Mark Andrew Poe

#27. Lysandra had entered and passed out in her bed with no explanation for why or what she'd been doing beforehand. And since she was utterly unconscious, Aelin had just climbed into bed beside her.

Sarah J. Maas

#28. Someday, I will be brave enough to say these things to you in person. For now, I remain in happy, quiet contemplation over you and can say tonight that I just might love you. Or could someday.

Erin McCahan

#29. Don't write your child's pages. Turn them with love.

Mark Andrew Poe

#30. I have learned it's best to face down the trouble. Otherwise it will grow into a monster. We don't have time for monsters.

Mark Andrew Poe

#31. The man smiled. "Harry is unique, for he was born with a special gift of sight, with eyes able to see things that are unseen. He has talents to move matter by the sound of his voice.

Mark Andrew Poe

#32. With my heart thumping, I froze up. I didn't dance. I was born with two left feet and they only worked together in the saddle. "Come on," Casey urged and grabbed my hand. "I wore my steel-toe boots. You can stand on my feet for all I care.

Brittney Joy