1,743 Quotes About Youth

Since the age of fifteen poetry has been my ruling passion and I have never intentionally undertaken any task or formed any relationship that seemed inconsistent with poetic principles; which has sometimes won me the reputation of an eccentric.

...summer was the swiftness with which Dill would reach up and kiss me when Jem was not looking, the longing we sometimes felt each other feel. With him life was routine; without him life was unbearable.

The young think love will save them; but you have to save yourself.

He was remembering too vividly the youth and freshness of her lips.

And isn’t there something a little sad about youth and beauty in any circumstances?

Therefore, the strongest person is someone with no vulnerabilities, nothing to hold dear, and no connections with others. In other words, me.

I was a diligent student with integrity, so I didn't talk to anyone in class and passed the time in silence.

You will find yourself with a beautiful boy and you will not want to stay in that room, with him, even though there is nothing more you can ask for in another human beingand there is nothing you can do about this.

To have wisdom whilst young, to have strength whilst old, therein lies the secret to life on earth