“But it is evident, that these bursts of universal distress are more dreaded than felt; thousands and ten thousands flourish in youth, and wither in age, without the knowledge of any other than domestic evils, and share the same pleasures and vexations, whether their kings are mild or cruel, whether the armies of their country pursue their enemies or retreat before them.” CountryAgeEvilFeltPleasureEnemyShareYouthKingsTenUniversalArmyPursueDistressEvidentRetreat Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius
“And you who sought for magic in your youth but desire it not in your age, know that there is a blindness of spirit which comes from age, more black than the blindness of eye, making a darkness about you across which nothing may be seen, or felt, or known, or in any way apprehended.” KnowsWayMayEyeAgeSpiritDesireFeltBlackKnownDarknessMagicYouthBlindness Author:Lord Dunsany
“This was one of the greatest test of his faith he had ever experienced. The thought of deceiving the kind and faithful wife of his youth... was more than he felt able to bear.... his sorrow and misery were increased by the thought of my mother hearing it from some other source, which would no doubt separate them, and he shrank from the thought of such a thing, or of causing her any unhappiness.” KindAbleMotherFeltDoubtWifeYouthSourceBearsSorrowTestsMiseryHearingFaithfulNo DoubtUnhappinessDeceivingPolygamyFaithful Wife Author:Orson F. Whitney
“At last I came to college. I rushed for it with the outstretched arms of youth's aching hunger to give and take of life's deepest, and highest, and I came against the solid wall of the well-fed, well-dressed world - the frigid whitewashed wall of cleanliness. ... How I pinched, and scraped, and starved myself, to save enough to come to college! Every cent of the tuition fee I paid was drops of sweat and blood from underpaid laundry work. And what did I get for it? A crushed spirit, a broken heart, a stinging sense of poverty that I never felt before.” WorldGivingWellsHeartEnoughLastsSpiritFeltEducationPovertyBloodYouthCollegeBrokenWallArmsHighestPaidHungerDisappointmentFedsSweatCentsCrushedCleanlinessLaundryFeesGive And TakeTuitionWell DressedFrigidUnderpaid Author:Anzia Yezierska
“The importance of the romantic element does not rest upon conjecture. Pleasing testimonies abound. Hannah More traced her earliest impressions of virtue to works of fiction; and Adam Clarke gives a list of tales that won his boyish admiration. Books of entertainment led him to believe in a spiritual world; and he felt sure of having been a coward, but for romances. He declared that he had learned more of his duty to God, his neighbor and himself from Robinson Crusoe than from all the books, except the Bible, that were known to his youth.” WorldGivingBelieveDoeBookSpiritualRomanceFeltFictionKnownVirtueYouthDutyElementsImportanceEntertainmentNeighborListsImpressionTalesAdmirationCowardAdamTestimonyConjectureBoyishRobinson CrusoeDuty To God Book:Pleasures of Literature Source: Pleasures of Literature
“From my earliest youth I have regarded the connection between Ireland and Great Britain as the curse of the Irish nation, and felt convinced, that while it lasted, this country would never be free or happy. In consequence, I determined to apply all the powers which my individual efforts could move, in order to separate the two countries.” TwoCountryMovingOrderIndividualNationsFeltEffortYouthConsequenceConnectionsDeterminedConvincedCurseBritainIrelandGreat BritainTwo CountriesIndividual Effort Author:Theobald of Bec
“When I got back to NY had the opportunity to work with the beginning years of the poetry project which was founded with money from the OEO under Lyndon Johnson to work with alienated youth on the lower East side. This was extraordinary, to be able to help then to create a culture that would capture the energy that I felt at Berkley.” YearsHelpingAbleCultureOpportunityEnergyFeltSidesYouthProjectsExtraordinaryEastCaptureJohnsonEast Side Author:Anne Waldman
“The Beatles meant everything to me growing up, and John was part of that. I loved Lennon's persona. He knew who he was and he knew what he represented to a worldwide public... I think he incited and inspired a whole group of youth to speak out and say what they felt.” ThinkingWholeSpeakFeltGrowing UpGrowingGroupsYouthInspiredPersonaSpeaks OutLennon Author:John Travolta
“I have been an avid reader since my youth. Because I also liked to play tabletop games, I soon felt the desire to make the story narrated in a book or an aspect of that story come alive in a game.” Has BeensBookPlayStoriesDesireGamesFeltAliveYouthReaderAspectAvid Author:Klaus Teuber
“In the early '90s, it felt like there was space - there was like an empty feel. There was nobody really doing this. Maybe the Pixies were, a little bit. Their lyrics were also disjointed, more psychosexual or something. That's part of youth, too, maybe, that you just feel like you're doing something different.” FeelsLittlesDifferentFeltBitsSpaceYouthLike YouLittle BitEmptyPixies Author:Stephen Malkmus
“I like youth, and I like stories about feeling things intensely and about transitional moments in human life. I reflect on my life and that's just a moment when I felt things probably the most intensely.” HumansMomentsStoriesFeelingsFeltYouthLike YouHuman LifeI Like You Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol
“In these last few days, we were close because we were both mortal men. We saw the same sun and the same twilight, we felt the same pull of the earth beneath our feet. We drank together and broke bread together. We might have made love together, if you had only allowed such a thing. But that’s all changed. You have your youth, yes, and all the dizzying wonder that accompanies the miracle. But I still see death when I look at you. I know now I cannot be your companion, and you cannot be mine” IfsKnowsMenLooksMadeStillsMightEarthTogetherLastsFeltWonderSunSawsFeetChangedYouthMinesMiracleBreadMortalsBrokeCompanionTwilightDrankAccompanyLestat De Lioncourt Author:Anne Rice
“It felt like being a child again, though it was not. Being a child is like nothing. It's only being. Later, when we think about it, we make it into youth.” ThinkingChildrenFeltYouth Author:China Mieville