“This is the year 1492. I am eighty-two years of age. The things I am going to tell you are things which I saw myself as a child and as a youth.” YearsChildrenTwoBookAgeSawsYouthTwo YearsEighty Book:Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc Source: Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
“...And these vicissitudes come best in youth; For when they happen at a riper age, People are apt to blame the Fates, forsooth, And wonder Providence is not more sage. Adversity is the first path to truth: He who hath proved war, storm, or woman's rage, Whether his winters be eighteen or eighty, Has won experience which is deem'd so weighty.” PeopleFirstsWarHappensTruthAgeWonderPathFateYouthAdversityBlameWinterStormRageProvidenceSageEightyEighteenVicissitudes Book:DON JUAN Source: DON JUAN
“Pixies and Sonic Youth were so important to the eighties.” ImportantYouthEightyPixiesSonic Youth Author:David Bowie