--- title: "1 Impressionable Age Quotes By Mary Antin" description: "1 Impressionable Age quotes by Mary Antin. Plus more from Mary Antin and more Impressionable Age sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/mary-antin-16350_children_i-was-at-a-most-impressionable-age-when_2354172.png" --- > [“I was at a most impressionable age when I was transplanted to the new soil. I was in that period when even normal children, undisturbed in their customary environment, begin to explore their own hearts, and endeavor to account for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/i-was-at-a-most-impressionable-age-when-i-was-transplanted-to-the-new/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9b/mary-antin-16350_children_i-was-at-a-most-impressionable-age-when_2354172.png) ## More by Mary Antin > [On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/on-a-royal-birthday-every-house-must-fly-a-flag-or-the-owner-would-be/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/a-proper-autobiography-is-a-death-bed-confession/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [One current of continuity runs underneath all the abortive phases of my life. From childhood on I have been obliged to drop anything I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/one-current-of-continuity-runs-underneath-all-the-abortive-phases-of/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession. A true man finds so much work to do that he has no time to contemplate his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/a-proper-autobiography-is-a-death-bed-confession-a-true-man-finds-so/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [“The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/the-wandering-jew-in-me-seeks-forgetfulness/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [The past was only my cradle, and now it cannot hold me, because I am grown too big.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/the-past-was-only-my-cradle-and-now-it-cannot-hold-me-because-i-am/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [It is painful to be consciously of two worlds. The Wandering Jew in me seeks forgetfulness. I am not afraid to live on and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/it-is-painful-to-be-consciously-of-two-worlds-the-wandering-jew-in-me/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [“The tongue am I of those who lived before me, as those that are to come will be the voice of my unspoken thoughts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/the-tongue-am-i-of-those-who-lived-before-me-as-those-that-are-to/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [It is not that I belong to the past, but the past that belongs to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/it-is-not-that-i-belong-to-the-past-but-the-past-that-belongs-to-me/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/the-first-meal-was-an-object-lesson-of-much-variety-my-father/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/there-was-one-public-school-for-boys-and-one-for-girls-but-jewish/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/you-went-up-to-be-examined-with-the-other-jewish-children-your-heart/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/we-are-not-born-all-at-once-but-by-bits-the-body-first-and-the-spirit/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [No, the czar did not want us in the schools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/no-the-czar-did-not-want-us-in-the-schools/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) > [As we moved along in a little procession, I was delighted with the illumination of the streets. So many lamps, and they burned until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-antin/as-we-moved-along-in-a-little-procession-i-was-delighted-with-the/) [Mary Antin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-antin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/impressionable-age/mary-antin/#itemlist", "name": "1 Impressionable Age Quotes By Mary Antin", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I was at a most impressionable age when I was transplanted to the new soil. 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