Sara Shepard Quotes

I noticed that no matter where I went in the country, there was this group of questions that got asked. I would track them and keep them in categories. Like body image, school, family, friendship, you name it, the emotional life of a teenage girl.

I really wanted to go to high school and be normal.

Like any other all-American boy, I wanted to be just thought of as popular, be well-liked, and meet a lot of cute girls.

I couldn't quite get the hang of how to socialise as a teenager. I didn't really understand it.

Only those with skin as thick as elephant hide can hope to sail through their teens unscathed by self-doubt and bouts of depression.

I never got to go to prom. I never went to regular school. I ate lunch by myself.

The surprising thing is that I was not funny in high school. I was always jealous of the funny kids because they always got the girls. I couldn't tell a joke to save my life.

I didn't have an incredibly active social life as a teenager. I always wished it was a little bit more exciting than it was.

I wanted to get through high school anonymously.

My first three years of high school, I wasn't that cool.

I was the hallway clown in high school.

I think if I was 5-foot-3, I would have been really popular and dated a lot more in high school. I didn't develop like the pretty girl.

I am not sure that the inner world of teenage girls has changed. What's most important to kids today is still the same stuff.

Growing up, if I had been given any advice - bad or good - I probably wouldn't have been able to act on it regardless. I wasn't shy, but I'd get nervous. I got a little more confident later in high school when I realized I could get girls to pay attention to me by making them laugh.

In high school, from age 15 to 18, I was saddled with the unfortunate nickname of 'Junk,' which doesn't do a lot for one's self-esteem.

I'm just a normal teenage kid.

I think I was a pretty normal kid. I wasn't the prom queen, but I wasn't a freak, either.

As I got into high school I sort of came into my own and gained some confidence and, luckily, wasn't really bullied by others.

You know you don't have to be the most popular kid in the school to have people acknowledge your presence.

I wish my 15-year-old self had known about my allure to the opposite sex!

I don't know, Y'know, I always wanted to be one of those cheerleader girls and I never was that, and I was never sort of cute and perky, and I always thought it was fun to be cute and perky, and those, I don't know what those girls are doing now.

All you have to do is say, 'I'm going home,' and you're the most popular girl at the party.

Growing up in college, in high school, I was the focal point.

I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don't want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard.

Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back, and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you're not sure about certain things, talk to your friends that you trust and your family.