In 1804, M. Myriel was the Cure of B—— [Brignolles]. He…

“Eight-and-twenty years,' said I, 'I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.' The old woman sat staring hard into the…

— H.G. Wells

“All the while, she understood that nothing could save her from the emptiness of the years that still had to be lived. Days passed,…

— Michelle de Kretser

In my 90-plus years, I have lived a multitude of lives.

— Norman Lear

“For four years he lived in Brooklyn, and four years in Brooklyn are a geologic age -- a single stratum of grey time. They…

— Thomas Wolfe

I made records for 20 years, I lived off it. But people would say I made so many mistakes, I did so many things…

— David Berman

“In eighteen years I would have lived approximately six thousand, six hundred and fifty-six days, nine hundred and fifty weeks, two hundred and eighteen…

— Stephanie Skeem

When I was three years old, I went to an orphanage, but because of the beatings, I ran away when I was five and…

— Choi Sung-bong

The first five years I lived in New York I was going out every night, to restaurants and album releases and parties.

— Molly Yeh

Think of any great man or woman. How can you separate them from the years in which they lived? You can't. Their greatness lies…

— Timothy Findley

I worked at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, lived there for three years, and lived in Baltimore for 12 years.

— Wendell Pierce

For 15 years now, we have lived here. Before that time, I was a pet of my master Yoshi. When we were forced to…

— Master Splinter

In the twenty-one years I lived with my mother, we moved at least twenty times.

— Esmeralda Santiago

“I felt more like me than I ever had, as if the years I’d lived so far had formed layers of skin and muscle…

— Andre Dubus III

The advantage of living is not measured by length, but by use; some men have lived long, and lived little; attend to it while…

— Michel de Montaigne

“I loved them desperately. For four years I lived for them.”

— Caroline Sullivan