“Certainly the effort to remain unchanged, young, when the body gives so impressive a signal of change as the menopause, is gallant; but it is a stupid, self-sacrificial gallantry, better befitting a boy of twenty than a woman of forty-five or fifty. Let the athletes die young and laurel-crowned. Let the soldiers earn the Purple Hearts. Let women die old, white-crowned, with human hearts.” GivingHumansHeartSelfBodyYoungDiesWhiteEffortBoysFiveStupidTwentiesSoldierAthleteFiftyFortyHuman HeartSignalsPurpleImpressiveLaurelsDie YoungMenopauseGallantGallantryPurple Heart Book:Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places Source: Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
“It is well we cannot see into the future. There are few boys of fourteen who would not feel ashamed of themselves at forty.” FeelsWellsBoysAshamedFortyFourteen Book:The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow Source: The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
“There is no doubt that every healthy, normal boy...should own a dog at some time in his life, preferably between the ages of forty-five and fifty.” ShouldAgeBoysDoubtFiveDogHealthyNormalNo DoubtFiftyForty Author:Robert Benchley
“When I was a boy, we had forty five statues of saints in my house. Ever have ninety eyes looking at you every time you have to go to the bathroom?” EyeHouseBoysFiveSaintFortyBathroomNinetyStatuesEyes Looking Author:Pat Cooper
“I became a writer through drawing first and then a comic book obsession - Marvel Comics, in particular. I invented a world of superheroes starting in third grade with my classmate, Wai-Kwan Wong. In a classroom of forty kids, let's just say there was a lot of undirected time. But this was good because I was a dreamy boy.” WorldFirstsBookKidsBoysParticularThirdsStartingDrawingObsessionComicGradesFortyClassroomComic BookSuperheroMy BoysDreamyClassmatesThird GradeMarvel Comics Author:Adam Ross