“We should pay as much reverence to youth as we should to age; there are points in which you young folks are altogether our superiors: and I can't help constantly crying out to persons of my own years, when busied about their young people--leave them alone; don't be always meddling with their affairs, which they can manage for themselves; don't be always insisting upon managing their boats, and putting your oars in the water with theirs.” PeopleShouldYearsPersonsI CanHelpingAgeYoungWaterMy OwnPayCryYouthAffairFolksSuperiorsBoatManageReverenceInsistingMeddlingOar Book:The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval Source: The book of snobs. Sketches and travels in London. Denis Duval
“In heaven we will not longer cry, feel sad, or face death. Our bodies will be perfect, locked into eternal youth... ageless.” FeelsBodyFacesHeavenPerfectCryYouthEternalLockedAgelessEternal Youth Author:Paul P. Enns
“Killing is decreed by law but nature loves eternal youth. Whatever she does, however unconscious and unfeeling the act, she seems to cry out: 'Quick! Quick! Quick!' And the more she destroys, the more she is renewed.” DoeSeemsLawCryYouthEternalKillingUnconsciousNature LoveUnfeelingEternal Youth Book:The dark side of Guy de Maupassant Source: The dark side of Guy de Maupassant
“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
“Youth calls to age across the tired years: 'What have you found,' he cries, 'what have you sought?" 'What have you found,' age answers through his tears, 'What have you sought.” YearsAgeFoundAnswersCryYouthTearsTired Author:Dylan Thomas