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> [You might not remember what you had for dinner last night, but you remember everything about one particular summer of your youth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigrid-nunez/you-might-not-remember-what-you-had-for-dinner-last-night-but-you/)

[Sigrid Nunez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigrid-nunez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/sigrid-nunez-23375_dinner_you-might-not-remember-what-you-had-for_1151417.jpg)

> [“Go ahead into life, full-blooded, courageous and leap for the adventure. But you must do it soon—before the summer of your youth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-reichl/go-ahead-into-life-full-blooded-courageous-and-leap-for-the-adventure/)

[Ruth Reichl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-reichl/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/ruth-reichl-13523_adventure_go-ahead-into-life-full-blooded-courageo_1493145.jpg)

> [“The smell of sex always reminds me of summer youth camps growing up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/the-smell-of-sex-always-reminds-me-of-summer-youth-camps-growing-up/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d7/jarod-kintz-2_summer_the-smell-of-sex-always-reminds-me-of-su_1857104.jpg)

> ['Tis now the summer of your youth: time has not cropped the roses from your cheek, though sorrow long has washed them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-moore/tis-now-the-summer-of-your-youth-time-has-not-cropped-the-roses-from/)

[Edward Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-moore/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f5/edward-moore-83840_flowers_tis-now-the-summer-of-your-youth-time-ha_2707655.jpg)

> [My first-ever job was when I was 14 or 15 in Washington, D.C., a job that I got through Marion Barry's summer-youth-employment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-wright/my-first-ever-job-was-when-i-was-14-or-15-in-washington-d-c-a-job/)

[Jeffrey Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-wright/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f79/jeffrey-wright-14855_deep_my-first-ever-job-was-when-i-was-14-or-1_3231504.jpg)

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