Senior Quotes and Their Long Lasting Impressions

As a high school senior, every decision you make feels existentially substantial: what you wear to your last first day of school, which picture you want in the yearbook, or what color you want your prom dress to be. Senior year is full of last impressions, which arguably can carry more weight than the first ones.

When it comes to your senior quote, finding the perfect, last impression– one that you won’t cringe at when flipping through your yearbook twenty years from now– can be taxing. You may want it to be funny, or relatable. You could also go the more profound and inspiring route. Or you may want to be creative, and come up with an original quote. Maybe you want to quote a favorite artist. But do you quote your favorite singer, actress, author or poet? No one truly recognizes the weight of a senior quote and the process of carefully curating it.

I spoke to a couple of friends who were between quotes and asked them about the pressure of choosing, and if it was a difficult decision.

Nikki Kane, who had multiple different options, spoke wisely, saying, “It’s so difficult to determine what you would like to leave your classmates with after a whole lifetime of being in school together, and possibly never seeing some of them again,” which is true. You could never see your classmates again, or not for a long time. But they may read your quote again if they decide to take a little trip down memory lane, so you might want your quote to read timelessly as it’s a permanent goodbye to your classmates.  

Justin Frangella mentioned that it took him multiple days to submit his because he didn’t want to mess it up. He had a couple of options he spent time debating between. LBHS seniors were given a week and many seniors, like Justin, took the whole week to make their decision.  

Senior quotes will always feel more significant than they actually are, but that can be a good thing. You’re forced to stop and think about your last four years when summing them up with a quote that reads no longer than one hundred and twenty characters.