Quotes About Youth

All your doing is keeping wayward teenage punks off the sreet. You should leave the real investigative work to us big girls with the pens and paper.

I was on the yearbook staff, so I would take out film cameras and Nikons and take photos around school and at sporting events and things like that. We had a darkroom as well. I just loved it. I also saved up for a video camera to video my friends and cut and paste the videos together and I gave them to all of my friends for graduation.

He recommended the contemplation and mental repetition of the name of Jesus, remarking that it reminded him of how, when he was young, old women and girls would sweeten their foul breath with chewing-gum. How much more would Jesus's name banish the foulness of demons, he concluded triumphantly.

If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very carefully.

And how will you afford to buy them in the first place?" "I shall save up." "But that will take you years and years and years," said the twins. "I've got years and years and years," said Sophie.

The purpose of life is to fight maturity.

his genius, during his earlier manhood, was of that exclusively agricultural character which applies itself to the cultivation of wild oats.

La fuite vers la grande ville, vers la capitale, pour vivre son homosexualité est un parcours fort classique et fort commun pour un jeune gay.

Cosas como esa sucedían todo el tiempo, pero una se callaba. En esa época no era como ahora, las mujeres no tenían ningún derecho… Los que hacían la ley eran los hombres". A los dieciséis o diecisiete años ya sabía lo que son y lo que valen los hombres, y cuando se casó lo hizo sin grandes ilusiones sobre ellos en general y sobre el que esposaría en particular.

Durante mi adolescencia, e incluso mucho después, esta situación familiar algo "turbia" me daba vergüenza: mentía sobre la edad de mi abuela y de mi madre para que no pudieran calcular que mi madre había nacido cuando la suya contaba con sólo diecisiete años;

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

Events cast their shadows ahead; before a harsh winter, wild animals grow thicker fur, and the beaver puts on a thicker layer of fat. What kind of times and what sort of tasks can lie ahead for a generation that must think so harshly, even at such a young age, in order to survive?

They were neither of them in a high sphere of life. Rhoda was a farmer's daughter, the only one among a troop of great rough brothers, some younger, some older than herself. She was not more than twelve years of age, and yet she had been for a year the little mistress of the family, for her mother had long been dead.

Manhood had come to him, both in character and demeanour, not as it comes to most young lads, an eagerly-desired and presumptuously-asserted claim, but as a rightful inheritance, to be received humbly, and worn simply and naturally.

Ghosts are common to the life of any child:mine just happened to come to dinner more often than most

Today the left continues with this project of concealment. It doesn't want people—especially young people—to know the role of the Democrats in protecting slavery and advancing racism.

Ona "Dikkat et Giovanni Drogo!" diyecek hiç kimse yoktu.GençliÄŸinin solmaya baÅŸlam?? olmas?na raÄŸmen ,inatç? bir yan?lsama sonucu ,yaÅŸam bitmek bilmezmiÅŸ gibi görünüyordu gözüne.Ama Drogo,zaman?n ne olduÄŸundan habersizdi.Önünde tanr?lar gibi,yüzlerce gençlik y?l? olsa dahi,ona düÅŸen pay hep küçücük olacakt?.

il tempo è fuggito tanto velocemente che l'animo non è riuscito ad invecchiare.

Peu à peu, ils ont pris l'habitude d'être au fort, ils y sont restés emprisonnés, ils n'ont plus été capables d'en bouger. Vieux à trente ans, en fait.

Entretanto o tempo voava; sem reparar nos homens, passava aqui e ali pelo mundo, mortificando as coisas bonitas; e ninguém conseguia escapar-lhe, nem mesmo as crianças recém-nascidas, ainda desprovidas de nome.

El caballo trota alegremente, el día es bueno, el aire tibio y ligero, la vida aún larga por delante, casi está por empezar. [...] Se vuelve así lentamente una página, se extiende al lado opuesto, agregándose a las otras ya acabadas, por ahora es sólo una capa fina, las que quedan por leer son, en comparación, un montón inagotable. Pero de todos modos es siempre una página gastada, mi teniente, una porción de vida.

Quanto tempo davanti! Lunghissimo gli pareva anche un solo anno e gli anni buoni erano appena cominciati; sembravano formare una serie lunghissima, di cui era impossibile scorgere il fondo, un tesoro ancora intatto e così grande da potersi annoiare. Nessuno c'era che gli dicesse: "Attento, Giovanni Drogo!". La vita gli appariva inesauribile, ostinata illusione, benché la giovinezza fosse già cominciata a sfiorire. Ma Drogo non conosceva il tempo.

Da qualche tempo infatti un'ansia, che lui non sapeva capire, lo inseguiva senza riposo: l'impressione di non fare in tempo, che qualche cosa di importante sarebbe successo e l'avrebbe colto di sorpresa. [...] Di giorno in giorno Drogo rimandava la decisione, si sentiva del resto ancora giovane, appena venticinque anni. Quell'ansia sottile lo inseguiva tuttavia senza riposo, [...].

E la sera, dalla mia stanza di bambina, guardo I lumi della città sul mare. E certe volte ho l'impressione di essere ancora quella di una volta, e che gli anni non siano mai passati. E penso : laggiù è la vera vita, laggiù il mondo, l'avventura, il sogno ! E fantastico un giorno o l'altro di partire. Lo vede dunque che non è mai finita ?