1,743 Quotes About Youth

  • Author Oscar Wilde
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    What was youth at best? A green, an unripe time, a time of shallow moods, and sickly thoughts.

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  • Author Rick Riordan
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    As we got closer to Montauk, she seemed to grow younger, years of worry and work disappearing from her face. Her eyes turned the color of the sea.

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  • Author Wallace Stegner
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    What ever happened to the passion we all had to improve ourselves, live up to our potential, leave a mark on the world? Our hottest arguments were always about how we could contribute. We did not care about the rewards. We were young and earnest.

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  • Author José Emilio Pacheco
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    The only thing a person of my age can do is fall in love secretly, silently, likeI had done with Mariana. Fall in love knowing that all is lost and there is no hope.

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