17 Again Quotes

“Who says you're only young once?”

“Michelle Trachtenberg as Margaret Sarah "Maggie" O'Donnell”

“Sterling Knight as Alex O'Donnell”

“Thomas Lennon and Tyler Steelman as Ned Gold”

“Brian Doyle-Murray as the Janitor: the magical figure who makes the transformation possible.”

“Matthew Perry and Zac Efron as Mike O'Donnell”

“Leslie Mann and Allison Miller as Scarlet Porter O'Donnell”

“High school star, never quite lived up to your potential. Sooner or later you all come back to your old school, stand there and look at the pictures of your glory days, wondering what might have been. Seems to me you guys are living in the past.”

“[In the bleachers, talking to Maggie] When you're young everything feels like the end of the world. But it's not it's just the beginning. You might have to meet a few more jerks. But one day you're gonna meet a boy who treats you the way you deserve to be treated. Like the sun rises and sets with you.”

“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”

“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.”

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

“You have power over your mind—not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”