Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved.
Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice.
If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'
I'd kill myself if I was as fat as Marilyn Monroe.
I progressed through so many different styles of music through my teen years...