Quotes About Youth

Young. Old. Just Words.

I can't understand why I flunked American history. When I was a kid there was so little of it.

Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.

Secrets with girls, like loaded guns with boys, Are never valued till they make a noise.

Habit with him was all the test of truth, It must be right I've done it from my youth.

United States roused may well have inspired an entire generation of militant young Muslims to believe that the moment is theirs.

As Joseph Conrad said, we need to be taught when young to hope, to love, to put our trust in life.

There is no hopelessness so sad as that of early youth, when the soul is made up of wants, and has no long memories, no superadded life in the life of others.

If youth is the season of hope, it is often so only in the sense that our elders are hopeful about us.

Childhood is frequently a solemn business for those inside it.

Who teaches young people to be so exquisitely sensitive to perceived slights, so ready to read affronts into routine events in everyday life? Their teachers no doubt.

Sex education in the modern manner has been well-described as plumbing for hedonists.

I dipped my head so I could look into his eyes. The monster at my table looked ready to cry. I'd managed to make a teenager depressed. Maybe I could shoot some fish in a barrel for an encore.

Runa was alone and inexperienced, which made her vulnerable. Sheltering her, aiding her, or associating with her brought no advantages.

I looked at his face and saw the decisive thrust of the adolescent jaw. No intelligent life there.

Hugh kept circling us. A small smile curved his lips. He looked like a man who was enjoying himself. Snow, sunshine, brisk air, a fast horse . . . and impending slaughter. All the things a growing boy needs.

What is this Christmas?" Wing asked. Orro turned from the stove. "It's the rite of passage during which the young males of the human species learn to display aggression and use weapons." Sean

Young, dumb, and full of cum.

you think I would be old enough? I'm a grown

It is an up close and personal war, fought with savage weapons," Odalon said. "At first when you're young and dumb and you hear about it, you think it will be glorious. That you will be like the hero of old, ripping through the ranks of your enemy. Then you find out what six hours of fighting with your sword is really like. The first hour, if you survive, is exciting. The scent of blood is intoxicating.

I gotta split." Slightly deeper, male. Heard it somewhere before. "You promised!" "The magic's cresting, okay? Gotta split." Young voices. A boy and a girl, talking street. The only available door hung crooked and would make noise when I tried to open it. I kicked the door in and walked inside.

Vampires," Sean said, the way parents usually said "teenagers" when their children were out of earshot.

There is something splendid about innocence; but what is bad about it, in turn, is that it cannot protect itself very well and is easily seduced.

Innocence is a splendid thing, only it has the misfortune not to keep very well and to be easily misled.