1,743 Quotes About Youth

  • Author Johan Theorin
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    The days passed.Viveca waited. Waited and slept. Every morning when she woke up, she felt a little brighter. She felt stronger, and when she caught her reflection in the mirror, she looked younger. And the hands of the clock kept on moving backwards, and in the end Viveca began to suspect what was happening in this house of stone:Time was moving backwards!

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  • Author Wiesław Myśliwski
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    To przedziwne uczucie odkryć, że się jest w wieku swojego ojca czy matki. Człowiek nieomal broni się, żeby nie uwierzyć w to odkrycie. Chciałby wciąż być od nich młodszy. Wydaje mu się, że złamana została naturalna reguła życia, że się jest zawsze młodszym od swoich rodziców i będzie się zawsze młodszym aż do swojej śmierci. I jak w dzieciństwie wydaje mu się, że oni są wciąż jego tarczą, za którą się chowa, mimo że ich już nie ma.

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  • Author Michael Chabon
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    I reflected that it seemed to be in the nature of human beings to spend the first part of their lives mocking the cliches and conventions of their elders and the final part mocking the cliches and conventions of the young.

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  • Author E.M. Forster
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    Durham sentou-se no chão fora do seu alcance. Era fim de tarde. Os sons de Maio, os aromas de Cambridge em flor, entravam flutuando pela janela e diziam a Maurice, «Tu não nos mereces.» Sentia-se meio morto, um estranho, um labrego em Atenas. Não tinha nada que estar aqui, ou ter um amigo assim.- Durham.Durham aproximou-se. Maurice estendeu uma mão e sentiu a cabeça aconchegar-se nela. Esqueceu-se do que ia dizer. Os sons e os aromas segredavam, «Tu és nós, nós somos a juventude.»

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