Adolescence is the conjugator of childhood and adulthood.

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Children, even infants, are capable of sympathy. But only after adolescence are we capable of compassion.

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The toddler must say no in order to find out who she is. The adolescent says no to assert who she is not.

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Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future.

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