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Ah well, perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked.
Pearl S. Buck1892–1973China, Past and Present (1972) Ch. 6
There is an old age which has more youth of heart than youth itself!
Edward Bulwer-Lytton1803–1873Alice, or The Mysteries (1838), Book V, Chapter I
- Youth
In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves
For a bright manhood, there is no such word
As “fail”.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton1803–1873Richelieu (1839)
- Failure
- Youth
If you live to the age of a hundred you have it made because very few people die past the age of a hundred.
George Burns1896–1996
Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.
Truman Capote1924–1984Local Color (1950)
- Children
One great thing about getting old is that you can get out of all sorts of social obligations just by saying you’re tired.
George Carlin1937–2008It’s Bad for Ya (2008), “Getting old”
- Comedy
“You are old, Father William,” the young man said,
“And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head⁠—
Do you think, at your age, it is right?”
Lewis Carroll1832–1898You Are Old, Father William (1865)In context
- Comedy
When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us in early youth, undirected, and of its own accord.
Willa Cather1873–1947The Song of the Lark (1915), Part VI, Ch. 2
- Youth
In the course of twenty crowded years one parts with many illusions. I did not wish to lose the early ones. Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
Willa Cather1873–1947My Ántonia (1918), My Antonia (1918), Book V, Ch. 1In context
There are some people who imagine that older adults don’t know how to use the internet. My immediate reaction is, “I’ve got news for you, we invented it.”
Vint Cerfborn 1943“Your Life: Vinton Cerf” (2016), p. 30
- Internet
Oh, my childhood, days of my innocence! In this nursery I used to sleep; I used to look out from here into the orchard. Happiness used to wake with me every morning, and then it was just as it is now; nothing has changed.
Anton Chekhov1860–1904The Cherry Orchard (1904), Act One, spoken by LubovIn context
- Happiness
- Youth
My dear, my gentle, beautiful orchard! My life, my youth, my happiness, good-bye! Good-bye!
Anton Chekhov1860–1904The Cherry Orchard (1904), Act Four, spoken by LubovIn context
- Happiness
- Youth
The old, you must remember, though considered incapable of action, have nevertheless a good fund of experience on which to draw.
Agatha Christie1890–1976Third Girl (1966)
- Experience
When you get to my age, and I’m 66 now, you realize that the world is a madhouse and that most people are operating in fantasy anyway. So once you realise that, it doesn’t bother you much.
John Cleeseborn 1939From Channel 4 documentary The Secret Life of Brian (2007)
Your tears come easy, when you’re young, and beginning the world. Your tears come easy, when you’re old, and leaving it.
Wilkie Collins1824–1889The Moonstone (1868), First Period: The Loss of the Diamond (1848), Chapter XIXIn context
- Emotion
- Youth