"I’m not going to lie to you, kiddo: you’ve got some rough seas ahead. For the most part, I’m not..."

““I’m not going to lie to you, kiddo: you’ve got some rough seas ahead. For the most part, I’m not going to tell you how to steer around them, because sailing through them, storm-tossed as they might be, is what’s going to make you who you are (and give you something to write about) although I will say this—whenever you’re out to dinner with a big group and are tempted to say, oh, I’ll just put this on my credit card and you can just give me cash? Don’t do that.””

- Via Dear Teen Me http://dearteenme.com/?p=5055&fb_source=pubv1