“I am not and will never again be a young writer, a young homeowner, a young teacher. I was never a young wife. The only thing I could do now for which my youth would be a truly notable feature would be to die. If I died now, I'd die young. Everything else, I'm doing middle-aged.” IfsWould BeYoungDiesTeacherWifeMiddleYouthDiedFeaturesNotableMiddle AgedYoung WritersDie YoungHomeownersYoung Wife Book:The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion Source: The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion
“Victor Serge died in exile and obscurity, apparently no more than a splinter of a splinter in the Marxist movement. But with the passage of the years, he looms up as one of the great moral figures of our time, an artist of such integrity and a revolutionary of such purity as to overshadow those who achieved fame and power. His failure was his success. I know of no participant in Russia's revolution and Spain's agonies who more deserves the attention of our concerned youth.” KnowsYearsArtistAttentionMoralFiguresMovementYouthRevolutionIntegrityFameDeserveConcernedDiedRussiaRevolutionaryOur TimePurityPassagesAgonySpainExileObscurityParticipantsMarxistSplinters Author:I. F. Stone
“I think that my life changed at 50. Many things happened. Menopause, the end of youth and my daughter died that year after being a whole year in a coma. So I think that I changed and I became an elder at 50.” ThinkingYearsEndsWholeHappenedChangedYouthDaughterDiedThings HappenLife ChangingMy DaughterEldersComaMenopauseWhole Year Author:Isabel Allende
“I have seen a thousand graves opened, and always perceived that whatever was gone, the teeth and hair remained of those who had died with them. Is not this odd? They go the very first things in youth and yet last the longest in the dust.” FirstsLastsDeathGoneDyingYouthHairThousandDiedGravesTeethDustOdd Author:Lord Byron
“My parents died a long time ago. And you know the sad thing? I still miss them every day. I spent my entire youth fighting with my dad over every little thing and damned if I wouldn’t sell my soul to see him one more time and tell him I was sorry for the last words I said to him. Words I can never take back that should have never been said. So call your mom. No matter what kind of relationship you have with your parents, I swear to you, you’ll miss them when they’re gone. (Kyrian)” IfsKnowsShouldKindLittlesLongSaidStillsI CanSoulMatterLastsFightingParentGoneMissingYouthMomDadLong TimeShould HaveDiedNo Matter WhatSellsSorryMy DadMy SoulMore TimeLittle ThingsSwearLast WordsLong Time AgoYour MomSad Things Book:Chronicles of Nick Source: Chronicles of Nick