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“But boys and girls, pale from the imagined love Of solitary beds, knew what they were, That passion could bring character enough And pressed at midnighht in some public place Live lips upon a plummet-measured face.”

Enough Character Faces Girl Passion Imagination Boys Youth Bed Lips Solitary Pale Boy And Girl

Author:William Butler Yeats

“And when the war is done and youth stone dead, I'd toddle safely home and die--in bed.”

War Done Home Dies Youth Bed Stones Betrayal

Book:War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon

Source: War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon

“Though youth be past, and beauty fled, The constant heart its pledge redeems, Like box, that guards the flowerless bed And brighter from the contrast seems.”

Heart Seems Past Youth Bed Constant Boxes Contrast Pledge Brighter Constancy

Book:Dictionary of poetical quotations

Source: Dictionary of poetical quotations

“Youth is not rich in time; it may be poor; Part with it as with money, sparing; pay No moment but in purchase of its worth, And what it's worth, ask death-beds; they can tell.”

May Moments Asks Poor Pay Rich Youth Bed Death Bed

Book:The Poems of Edward Young

Source: The Poems of Edward Young

“I am one of those who like to stay late at the cafe," the older waiter said. "With all those who do not want to go to bed. With all those who need a light for the night." "I want to go home and into bed." "We are of two different kinds," the older waiter said. He was now dressed to go home. "It is not only a question of youth and confidence although those things are very beautiful. Each night. I am reluctant to close up because there may be someone who needs the cafe.”

Want Needs Kind May Said Two Different Home Light Beautiful Night Youth Bed Late Different Kinds Reluctant Very Beautiful Waiter Cafes

Author:Ernest Hemingway

“There are two words that you should use frequently in your youth: ´sorry´ and ´thank-you´. Use the first one as often as possible, so that on your death bed all that you have to say to your friends is ´thank-you!´.”

Should Firsts Two Use Youth Bed Sorry Death Bed

Author:Robin Jones Gunn

“Youth is the only sexy tragedy. It's James Dean jumping into his Porsche Spyder, it's Marilyn heading off to bed.”

Youth Bed Tragedy Sexy Jumping Headings Dean Porsche

Author:Michael Cunningham

“Time goes too quickly. This is the advice that my mother should have given me from her hospital bed. Instead of vague, unknowable quips like "Be careful what you wish for," she should have told me time slides away on a hillside of loose shale and takes everything in its path - dreams, opportunities, hopes. And youth. It takes that fastest of all.”

Should Dream Mother Opportunity Given Wish Path Advice Youth Bed Should Have Careful Hospitals Be Careful Vague Slides Quip Careful What You Wish For

Author:Kristin Hannah