Max Beesley Quotes

Puberty for a girl is like floating down a broadening river into an open sea.

Children who have been in work for a long time suddenly get a thud down to earth once the cuteness fades, hips widen, voices drop and jawlines strengthen.

I couldn't grow, like, any kind of facial hair at 17.

This was middle school, the age of miracles, the time when kids shot up three inches over the summer, when breasts bloomed from nothing, when voices dipped and dove. Our first flaws were emerging, but they were being corrected. Blurry vision could be fixed invisibly with the magic of the contact lens. Crooked teeth were pulled straight with braces. Spotty skin could be chemically cleared. Some girls were turning beautiful. A few boys were growing tall.

The ninth grade. I went from 5'9' to 6'8'.

I grew six inches in a year.

I had now arrived at my seventeenth year, and had attained my full height, a fraction over six feet. I was well endowed with youthful energy, and was of an extremely sanguine temperament.

I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone. I definitely had my awkward moments.

Most of us remember adolescence as a kind of double negative: no longer allowed to be children, we are not yet capable of being adults.

Puberty is an extremely traumatic process even if you don't realize it. It kind of lives with you for like 10 years.

I had a mustache when I was 13.

What did I do in high school? I grew from 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches.

I didn't hit puberty until I was, like, 17, so I love to talk about that.

I was a bit of a late developer, and everyone was saying, 'Whatever you do, don't shave,' and I hadn't really started shaving. I remember rubbing the soot from a kettle on to my bumfluff to make it look more like I had a beard.

I'm growing into my manhood body.

I hit a big growth spurt between my 10th and 11th grade years.

My size wasn't something that I'd ever spent a huge amount of time thinking about - I guess at the age of 17 or 18 you don't.

It's a bit different when you're 16 as to when you're 20. You're a little bit more developed and mature in your body.

Eleventh grade is when I grew into my body. My athleticism and speed took off.

I've had sideburns since I was 16, but back then, a gust of wind would have blown them off.

I was quite short and chubby until I was 14, when I shot up.

Puberty was definitely difficult for me.

It seems that one moment I was this little kid only caring about animals and flowers and stuff, and then the next minute I was this raging stew of hormones. I don't know if you've ever been a raging stew of anything, but I wouldn't particularly recommend it.

One doesn't remain a teenager forever.

When you become a teenager, you step onto a bridge. You may already be on it. The opposite shore is adulthood. Childhood lies behind. The bridge is made of wood. As you cross, it burns behind you.