“He cannot become old, for he has never been young; he cannot become young, for he has already become old; in a way he cannot die, for he has never lived; in a way he cannot live, for he is already dead.”
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
― Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
“Things were tough when you were young. Everything seemed so life altering, and you found yourself pushing people away, but regardless, you learn that the people that matter would always be there. No matter what.”
― Breaking Away
― Breaking Away
“I'm not young. I've never had any youth.”
― The Message to the Planet
― The Message to the Planet
“How Linda must have believed, as beautiful people do, that there was a solution, that she would be saved.”
― The Girls
― The Girls
“I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more—the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men; the deceitful feeling that lures us on to joys, to perils, to love, to vain effort—to death; the triumphant conviction of strength, the heat of life in the handful of dust, the glow in the heart that with every year grows dim, grows cold, grows small, and expires—and expires, too soon, too soon—before life itself.”
― Youth, a Narrative
― Youth, a Narrative
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