“Youth is the spring-time of life. It is the time to acquire information, so that we may show it off in after years and paralyze people with what we know.” PeopleKnowsYearsMayShowsInformationYouthSpringAcquireSpring Time Author:Edgar Wilson Nye
“Youth dreams a bliss on this side of death. It dreams a rest, if not more deep, More grateful than this marble sleep; It hears a voice within it tell: Calm's not life's crown, though calm is well. 'Tis all perhaps which man acquires, But 'tis not what our youth desires.” IfsMenWellsDreamDesireSidesVoiceSleepYouthGratefulCalmBlissAcquireCrownsMarbleYouth Life Book:New poems Source: New poems
“Though Snow White might triumph in the tale, she will undoubtedly acquire a mirror after she marries, matures, and has children, and as the mirror reflects her aging and loss of beauty, she will be confronted by a young girl whose innocence and youth will spark her envy and hatred and perhaps drive her to eliminate her “competition.” It appears as though there is a vicious cycle that entraps women up through today. Everything is played out under the male gaze.” ChildrenMightTodayYoungGirlLossWhiteYouthHatredMirrorsCompetitionAgingMalesEnvyTalesSnowInnocenceTriumphAcquireCyclesSparksViciousSnow WhiteVicious Cycles Book:The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films Source: The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films
“The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.” MayCharacterLife IsStepsVirtueYouthProveImportanceProsperityAcquireUsefulnessFuture Prosperity Author:Abigail Adams
“He resented such questions as people do who have thought a great deal about them. The superficial and slipshod have ready answers, but those looking this complex life straight in the eye acquire a wealth of perception so composed of delicately balanced contradictions that they dread, or resent, the call to couch any part of it in a bland generalization. The vanity (if not outrage) of trying to cage this dance of atoms in a single definition may give the weariness of age with the cry of youth for answers the appearance of boredom.” PeopleIfsGivingTryingMayEyeAgeWealthAnswersDealsCryYouthReadyPerceptionComplexesDefinitionsAppearanceVanityBoredomAcquireContradictionAtomsDreadBalancedSuperficialCagesCouchesOutrageResentWearinessBlandGeneralization Author:Peter De Vries