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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years...
LAURENCE BINYON![]()
How old are you?” she asked.
My answer was automatic and ingrained. “Seventeen.”
“...
STEPHENIE MEYER![]()
The old man smiled. 'I shall not die of a cold, my son. I shall die of having lived.
WILLA CATHER If she had lived, Mary Jo Kopechne would be 62 years old. Through his tireless work as a legislator,...
CHARLES PIERCE When you saw her eyes, you could see her heart. When she smiled, the whole room lit up. She was just...
DEBI BELL![]()
Alaska finished her cigarette and flicked it into the river.
'Why do you smoke so damn fast?' I...
JOHN GREEN![]()
Before I begin, may I ask how old you are?"
"You may ask."
"How old are you?"
"It's n...
CHRISTOPHER PIKE I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but you...
ALEC GUINNESS![]()
He fixed his dark eyes on her. 'I am Kekrops, the first and eternal king of Athens. I would welcome ...
RICK RIORDAN![]()
Once, I went speeding past an old couple and smiled as I imagined their conversation: him grumbling ...
NEIL PEART You should not be discouraged; one doe not die of a cold," the priest said to the bishop. The old ma...
WILLA SIBERT CATHER Who are you, Hayes Campbell?”
He smiled, his hands burrowing in his pockets. “I’m your b...
ROBINNE LEE![]()
She smiled, and her eyes started to drift downward.
"Cather..."
Back up to his eyes.
RAINBOW ROWELL That spot was taken," Kara sat up to look at them. Stylized, short, black hair with bangs. Piercing ...
ALEXIS TIGER![]()
Can I come back and see you sometime?"
"Long as you bring me some chocolate," Gramma said, and ...
RACHEL CAINE Soeur Marie Emelie"
Soeur Marie Emelie
is little and very old:
her eyes are ony...
CARYLL HOUSELANDER I'm too old to be ignorant as I am."
--Twelve-year-old Gabriella to the general, who does not ...
ELLE THORNTON I aspire to be
an old man
with an old wife
laughing at old jokes
from a wild...
ATTICUS POETRY Where do thoughts come from, Father?”
King Mafferan looked deeply into his twelve-year-old ey...
DARRYL STEVEN MARKOWITZ![]()
I have drunk the night
and swallowed the stars.
I am dancing with abandon
and sing...
KAMAND KOJOURI![]()
You think Bernadette Maguire killed him?”
“Uh… no. She’s, like I said, she’s old.”<...
DEREK LANDY![]()
What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b...
STEPHEN R. COVEY![]()
Acheron kissed her lightly on the cheek. "Rest. We'll be back when he needs you." He watched her
SHERRILYN KENYON![]()
Gabrielle chuckled, her dark eyes twinkling. “So he’s been after you, has he? Poor Etta, pursued...
MICHELLE O'LEARY![]()
You can never rouse Harris. There is no poetry about Harris- no wild yearning for the unattainable. ...
JEROME K. JEROME![]()
When I am dead, and over me bright April
Shakes out her rain drenched hair,
Tho you should...
SARA TEASDALE They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years con...
LAURENCE BINYON They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them, nor the years condem...
LAURENCE BINYON![]()
Two seconds later, the sound of an alarm filled my ears.
''What did you do?'' I said over the ...
MICHELLE HODKIN![]()
Do I feel ancient to you now?" he murmered. "Too different from the person you loved before you knew...
JEANIENE FROST Jack glanced at the old man, whose eyes were about as big as dinner plates. Jack just nodded with un...
JAMES RILEY![]()
Oh, you dear good father!" cried Mary, putting her hands round her father´s neck, while he bent his...
GEORGE ELIOT![]()
To you I shall say, as I have often said before, Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at la...
JANE AUSTEN![]()
As long as you think of your real self as the person you are, then of course you're going to be ...
DEEPAK CHOPRA![]()
She looked at him and shook her head, smiled a little as she told him, "You are so like your father....
ALLY CARTER![]()
Stars lead me up to heaven, and I hope I'm there with you, for you are a star in my twinkling eyes.
SHANNON FANCHER There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ...
DWIGHT W. HAYES![]()
When you father dies! What then?"
Lord Needham looked up from his pheasant. "I beg your p...
SARAH MACLEAN![]()
His dark blue shirt was plastered to his chest, covered with werewolf goop and tears. "Now we both n...
LAURELL K. HAMILTON![]()
I watched her, waiting.
She smiled. Her lips curved up and the edges, and her chocolate eyes wa...
STEPHENIE MEYER![]()
His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad,
His hair is as dark as a blackboard.
I wish...
J.K. ROWLING![]()
I suppose you think that persons who are as old as your father and myself are always thinking about ...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU![]()
Take off your damned wrapper! The old buffer ordered, looking intensely at her lower part. Comfort w...
MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON![]()
The Call
Out of the nothingness of sleep,
The slow dreams of Eternity,
There wa...
RUPERT BROOKE![]()
A Second Childhood.”
When all my days are ending
And I have no song to sing,
...
G.K. CHESTERTON![]()
From the driver’s side, one of Echo’s jean-clad legs dangled.
“I’ve got a hard-on j...
KATIE MCGARRY![]()
Matty,” Jane whispered, “what are you thinking?”
He smiled, kissed her navel before glanc...
CHARLOTTE FEATHERSTONE Melody began to mumble incomprehensibly under her breath as she worked frantically on securing her m...
B.M.B. JOHNSON![]()
I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful
When rain bends down the bough;
And I sh...
SARA TEASDALE![]()
There's a girl, Dad."
He smiled a bit. "A girl."
"She kinda hates me, and I ki...
JAMIE MCGUIRE Victoria sighed deeply as the clock tower bell chimed midnight.
Light snowflakes, almost weight...
CARRAGH SHERIDAN![]()
I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady."
Madeleine smiled as she stirre...
SCOTT WESTERFELD![]()
Might I,” quavered Mary, “might I have a bit of earth?”
In her eagerness she did no...
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT I shall not dwell in the past...
I shall not dread the present...
I shall not fear the Fut...
OSCAR TREJO JR. Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE Aren't you something," Grandma said. "I never saw a midget up close."
"Little person," Briggs ...
JANET EVANOVICH![]()
I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing h...
CHRISTINA AGUILERA![]()
Hello,
How are you?
New in this world?
How old are you??
I'm sure that I know yo...
DEYTH BANGER Dad they think she has Down Syndrome." He smiled genuinely as his eyes welled up with tears. "That's...
KELLE HAMPTON![]()
Smartass Disciple: Master, if you are so good, can you drive a car with your eyes closed?
Maste...
TOBA BETA![]()
At length the Lady Galadriel released them from her eyes, and she smiled. ‘Do not let your hearts ...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN Since childhood she had walked the Devon rivers with her father looking for flowers and the nests of...
HENRY WILLIAMSON![]()
As you step into your limitless self, you might be confronted with old habits and patterns that are ...
DEBBIE FORD![]()
I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great.
LUCINDA WILLIAMS![]()
I've missed you, Sebastian."
"Have you, love?" He unfastened the buttons of her robe, the...
LISA KLEYPAS![]()
How old are you, anyway?' she asked, squinting at him.
There was a pause. At last he said, 'Why...
NATALIE BABBITT In the dark I rest,
unready for the light which dawns
day after day,
eager to be shar...
DENISE LEVERTOV![]()
If I had stayed human, how could you have remained with me as a lifemate?” She pushed her rounded ...
CHRISTINE FEEHAN![]()
My drawings have been described as pre-internationalist, meaning that they were finished before the ...
JAMES THURBER![]()
My drawings have been described as pre-intentionalist, meaning that they were finished before the id...
JOSEPH HELLER Dork," I chastised affectionately. But his cheesy exclamation was something I was okay with. I smile...
SARAH BROCIOUS For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil tha...
BIBLE I do, yes, I do. Sick have I become. Old and weak. When nine hundred years old you reach, look as go...
FRANK OZ![]()
In my rush, I hadn’t tied my shoelaces. Noah was now tying them for me.
He looked up at me t...
MICHELLE HODKIN![]()
I doubt if I shall ever have time to read the book again -- there are too many new ones coming out a...
L.M. MONTGOMERY I knew your father. I hated him."
"That surprises me your Majesty." Loki smiled broadly at her....
AMANDA HOCKING![]()
Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master,
At which the audience never fail to laugh?
ARISTOPHANES![]()
There was a poem scribbled at the top of the Ashryver family tree, as though some student had dashed...
SARAH J. MAAS I knew your plan before you made it,” Eldora proclaimed, tossing her Wert from hand to hand… “...
MARY-JEAN HARRIS![]()
He gripped her hard, forcing her to meet his eyes as he snarled, “I see you. I see every part of y...
SARAH J. MAAS Mystics are not themselves. They do not exist
in selves. They move as they are moved,
talk...
فرید الدین عطار Josephine placed the cloth back in the basin then filled a cup with cold water. Helping Laurin sit u...
SUZAN TISDALE![]()
the path your life is stuck on and be free
It's a dark whisper calling to me.
INIO ASANO![]()
You see that old woman? That will never happen to you. You will never grow old, and you will never d...
ANNE RICE![]()
Hades smiled coldly. "Hello, Father. You're looking...young."
"Hades," Kronos growled. "I hope ...
RICK RIORDAN![]()
As I handed her the bag, the old scars on my wrist throbbed with buried memories.
MAGGIE STIEFVATER You no longer speak of your old friends, your Council, your home. I fear that you are forgetting the...
K.S. MARSDEN![]()
She is not fair to outward view
As many maidens be;
Her loveliness I never knew
Until sh...
HARTLEY COLERIDGE![]()
I want to know what your five-dollar wish was for.”
“Is that all?” He smiled beneath her ...
LISA KLEYPAS![]()
As I said just now, the world has gone past me. I don't blame it; but I no longer understand it. Tra...
CHARLES DICKENS![]()
Perfect night, wasn't it?"
"It could have been." I smiled up at him. "But you were there.
KELLEY ARMSTRONG![]()
Put on what weary negligence you please,
You and your fellows; I'll have it come to question: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ![]()
You were dancing with Yuki and I looked at you. And you turned away and held her closer. Why did you...
APRILYNNE PIKE The woman raked her gaze up his body as if checking out livestock. As she reached his face, her kohl...
BRYNN KELLY![]()
In that case" Tessa said, feeling hot blood rise to her face,"I think I would prefer it if you calle...
CASSANDRA CLARE Is the mask magic?" he demanded with sudden, passionate interest.
"Yes." I bowed my head, so th...
SUSAN KAY You thought I didn’t notice the way you two looked at each other? I may be old but I’m not blind...
NICOLA MARSH![]()
We must be willing to get rid of
the life we’ve planned, so as to have
the life that is ...
JOSEPH CAMPBELL![]()
Jane," I said quietly.
She opened her eyes, she had been far away in prayer.
"Yes, Mary? F...
PHILIPPA GREGORY![]()
I have to leave,” he whispered against her hair.
“No, stay.” Her face turned, her lips n...
LISA KLEYPAS
Age shall not weary them, nor the years...
LAURENCE BINYON
How old are you?” she asked.My answer was automatic and ingrained. “Seventeen.”
“...
STEPHENIE MEYER
The old man smiled. 'I shall not die of a cold, my son. I shall die of having lived. WILLA CATHER If she had lived, Mary Jo Kopechne would be 62 years old. Through his tireless work as a legislator,...
CHARLES PIERCE When you saw her eyes, you could see her heart. When she smiled, the whole room lit up. She was just...
DEBI BELL
Alaska finished her cigarette and flicked it into the river.'Why do you smoke so damn fast?' I...
JOHN GREEN
Before I begin, may I ask how old you are?""You may ask."
"How old are you?"
"It's n...
CHRISTOPHER PIKE I have something here for you. Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but you...
ALEC GUINNESS
He fixed his dark eyes on her. 'I am Kekrops, the first and eternal king of Athens. I would welcome ... RICK RIORDAN
Once, I went speeding past an old couple and smiled as I imagined their conversation: him grumbling ... NEIL PEART You should not be discouraged; one doe not die of a cold," the priest said to the bishop. The old ma...
WILLA SIBERT CATHER Who are you, Hayes Campbell?”
He smiled, his hands burrowing in his pockets. “I’m your b...
ROBINNE LEE
She smiled, and her eyes started to drift downward. "Cather..."
Back up to his eyes.
RAINBOW ROWELL That spot was taken," Kara sat up to look at them. Stylized, short, black hair with bangs. Piercing ...
ALEXIS TIGER
Can I come back and see you sometime?""Long as you bring me some chocolate," Gramma said, and ...
RACHEL CAINE Soeur Marie Emelie"
Soeur Marie Emelie
is little and very old:
her eyes are ony...
CARYLL HOUSELANDER I'm too old to be ignorant as I am."
--Twelve-year-old Gabriella to the general, who does not ...
ELLE THORNTON I aspire to be
an old man
with an old wife
laughing at old jokes
from a wild...
ATTICUS POETRY Where do thoughts come from, Father?”
King Mafferan looked deeply into his twelve-year-old ey...
DARRYL STEVEN MARKOWITZ
I have drunk the night and swallowed the stars.
I am dancing with abandon
and sing...
KAMAND KOJOURI
You think Bernadette Maguire killed him?”“Uh… no. She’s, like I said, she’s old.”<...
DEREK LANDY
What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b... STEPHEN R. COVEY
Acheron kissed her lightly on the cheek. "Rest. We'll be back when he needs you." He watched herSHERRILYN KENYON
Gabrielle chuckled, her dark eyes twinkling. “So he’s been after you, has he? Poor Etta, pursued... MICHELLE O'LEARY
You can never rouse Harris. There is no poetry about Harris- no wild yearning for the unattainable. ... JEROME K. JEROME
When I am dead, and over me bright AprilShakes out her rain drenched hair,
Tho you should...
SARA TEASDALE They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years con...
LAURENCE BINYON They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them, nor the years condem...
LAURENCE BINYON
Two seconds later, the sound of an alarm filled my ears. ''What did you do?'' I said over the ...
MICHELLE HODKIN
Do I feel ancient to you now?" he murmered. "Too different from the person you loved before you knew... JEANIENE FROST Jack glanced at the old man, whose eyes were about as big as dinner plates. Jack just nodded with un...
JAMES RILEY
Oh, you dear good father!" cried Mary, putting her hands round her father´s neck, while he bent his... GEORGE ELIOT
To you I shall say, as I have often said before, Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at la... JANE AUSTEN
As long as you think of your real self as the person you are, then of course you're going to be ... DEEPAK CHOPRA
She looked at him and shook her head, smiled a little as she told him, "You are so like your father.... ALLY CARTER
Stars lead me up to heaven, and I hope I'm there with you, for you are a star in my twinkling eyes. SHANNON FANCHER There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ...
DWIGHT W. HAYES
When you father dies! What then?"Lord Needham looked up from his pheasant. "I beg your p...
SARAH MACLEAN
His dark blue shirt was plastered to his chest, covered with werewolf goop and tears. "Now we both n... LAURELL K. HAMILTON
I watched her, waiting.She smiled. Her lips curved up and the edges, and her chocolate eyes wa...
STEPHENIE MEYER
His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad,His hair is as dark as a blackboard.
I wish...
J.K. ROWLING
I suppose you think that persons who are as old as your father and myself are always thinking about ... HENRY DAVID THOREAU
Take off your damned wrapper! The old buffer ordered, looking intensely at her lower part. Comfort w... MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON
The CallOut of the nothingness of sleep,
The slow dreams of Eternity,
There wa...
RUPERT BROOKE
A Second Childhood.”When all my days are ending
And I have no song to sing,
...
G.K. CHESTERTON
From the driver’s side, one of Echo’s jean-clad legs dangled.“I’ve got a hard-on j...
KATIE MCGARRY
Matty,” Jane whispered, “what are you thinking?”He smiled, kissed her navel before glanc...
CHARLOTTE FEATHERSTONE Melody began to mumble incomprehensibly under her breath as she worked frantically on securing her m...
B.M.B. JOHNSON
I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful When rain bends down the bough;
And I sh...
SARA TEASDALE
There's a girl, Dad."He smiled a bit. "A girl."
"She kinda hates me, and I ki...
JAMIE MCGUIRE Victoria sighed deeply as the clock tower bell chimed midnight.
Light snowflakes, almost weight...
CARRAGH SHERIDAN
I expect that you must receive top marks at school, young lady."Madeleine smiled as she stirre...
SCOTT WESTERFELD
Might I,” quavered Mary, “might I have a bit of earth?”In her eagerness she did no...
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT I shall not dwell in the past...
I shall not dread the present...
I shall not fear the Fut...
OSCAR TREJO JR. Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE Aren't you something," Grandma said. "I never saw a midget up close."
"Little person," Briggs ...
JANET EVANOVICH
I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing h... CHRISTINA AGUILERA
Hello,How are you?
New in this world?
How old are you??
I'm sure that I know yo...
DEYTH BANGER Dad they think she has Down Syndrome." He smiled genuinely as his eyes welled up with tears. "That's...
KELLE HAMPTON
Smartass Disciple: Master, if you are so good, can you drive a car with your eyes closed?Maste...
TOBA BETA
At length the Lady Galadriel released them from her eyes, and she smiled. ‘Do not let your hearts ... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Since childhood she had walked the Devon rivers with her father looking for flowers and the nests of...
HENRY WILLIAMSON
As you step into your limitless self, you might be confronted with old habits and patterns that are ... DEBBIE FORD
I love Emmylou Harris's version of my song, 'Sweet Old World.' Her intonation is great. LUCINDA WILLIAMS
I've missed you, Sebastian.""Have you, love?" He unfastened the buttons of her robe, the...
LISA KLEYPAS
How old are you, anyway?' she asked, squinting at him.There was a pause. At last he said, 'Why...
NATALIE BABBITT In the dark I rest,
unready for the light which dawns
day after day,
eager to be shar...
DENISE LEVERTOV
If I had stayed human, how could you have remained with me as a lifemate?” She pushed her rounded ... CHRISTINE FEEHAN
My drawings have been described as pre-internationalist, meaning that they were finished before the ... JAMES THURBER
My drawings have been described as pre-intentionalist, meaning that they were finished before the id... JOSEPH HELLER Dork," I chastised affectionately. But his cheesy exclamation was something I was okay with. I smile...
SARAH BROCIOUS For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil tha...
BIBLE I do, yes, I do. Sick have I become. Old and weak. When nine hundred years old you reach, look as go...
FRANK OZ
In my rush, I hadn’t tied my shoelaces. Noah was now tying them for me. He looked up at me t...
MICHELLE HODKIN
I doubt if I shall ever have time to read the book again -- there are too many new ones coming out a... L.M. MONTGOMERY I knew your father. I hated him."
"That surprises me your Majesty." Loki smiled broadly at her....
AMANDA HOCKING
Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master,At which the audience never fail to laugh?
ARISTOPHANES
There was a poem scribbled at the top of the Ashryver family tree, as though some student had dashed... SARAH J. MAAS I knew your plan before you made it,” Eldora proclaimed, tossing her Wert from hand to hand… “...
MARY-JEAN HARRIS
He gripped her hard, forcing her to meet his eyes as he snarled, “I see you. I see every part of y... SARAH J. MAAS Mystics are not themselves. They do not exist
in selves. They move as they are moved,
talk...
فرید الدین عطار Josephine placed the cloth back in the basin then filled a cup with cold water. Helping Laurin sit u...
SUZAN TISDALE
the path your life is stuck on and be freeIt's a dark whisper calling to me.
INIO ASANO
You see that old woman? That will never happen to you. You will never grow old, and you will never d... ANNE RICE
Hades smiled coldly. "Hello, Father. You're looking...young.""Hades," Kronos growled. "I hope ...
RICK RIORDAN
As I handed her the bag, the old scars on my wrist throbbed with buried memories. MAGGIE STIEFVATER You no longer speak of your old friends, your Council, your home. I fear that you are forgetting the...
K.S. MARSDEN
She is not fair to outward viewAs many maidens be;
Her loveliness I never knew
Until sh...
HARTLEY COLERIDGE
I want to know what your five-dollar wish was for.”“Is that all?” He smiled beneath her ...
LISA KLEYPAS
As I said just now, the world has gone past me. I don't blame it; but I no longer understand it. Tra... CHARLES DICKENS
Perfect night, wasn't it?""It could have been." I smiled up at him. "But you were there.
KELLEY ARMSTRONG
Put on what weary negligence you please,You and your fellows; I'll have it come to question:
You were dancing with Yuki and I looked at you. And you turned away and held her closer. Why did you... APRILYNNE PIKE The woman raked her gaze up his body as if checking out livestock. As she reached his face, her kohl...
BRYNN KELLY
In that case" Tessa said, feeling hot blood rise to her face,"I think I would prefer it if you calle... CASSANDRA CLARE Is the mask magic?" he demanded with sudden, passionate interest.
"Yes." I bowed my head, so th...
SUSAN KAY You thought I didn’t notice the way you two looked at each other? I may be old but I’m not blind...
NICOLA MARSH
We must be willing to get rid ofthe life we’ve planned, so as to have
the life that is ...
JOSEPH CAMPBELL
Jane," I said quietly.She opened her eyes, she had been far away in prayer.
"Yes, Mary? F...
PHILIPPA GREGORY
I have to leave,” he whispered against her hair. “No, stay.” Her face turned, her lips n...
LISA KLEYPAS
My address is like my shoes. It travels with me. 
I would fight God Almighty Himself if He didn't play square with me. 
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. ... 
Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you befo... 
Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed. 
The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of sci... 
Morality must relate, at some level, to the well-being of conscious creatures. If there are more and... 
The moment we realize that the only things we can intelligibly value are actual and potential change... 
I have loved to cook since I was a child in my mother's kitchen. If I don't have time to coo... 
I've had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do th... 
I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know ... 
Problem solving is hunting. It is savage pleasure and we are born to it. 
Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy. 
The moment you feel you have to prove your worth to someone is the moment to absolutely and utterly ... 
A Woman's Question
God's creatures who cried themselves to sleep stirred to cry again. 
The world takes us to a silver screen on which flickering images of passion and romance play, and as... 
My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to. 
This was the problem with drinks parties: getting stuck with a person you didn't want to talk to whi... 
The greatest people will be those who possess the best capacities, cultivated with the best habits. 
Pull out a Monte Cristo at a dinner party and the political liberal turns into the nicotine fascist. 
It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man. 
I have lived one step away from losing my mind for years. I am quick and accurate in spotting unstab... 