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Youth Quotes by Mason Cooley

25 Youth quotes by Mason Cooley

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Mason Cooley’s knack for wry humor shines through when he tackles the subject of youth. Across twenty‑five short gems you’ll encounter clever turns of phrase that both poke fun at and celebrate the restless curiosity that defines the early years.

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After sixty, the self-questioning of middle age is obsolete.

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The noisy vacancy of youth, the quiet vacancy of age.

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Age must give way to youth, no doubt. But not yet, not yet.

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My young friend supposes his ingenuousness is merely a ruse.

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The young break rules for fun. The old for profit.

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The young are amazed when they suffer.

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I do not regret the folly of my youth, but the timidity.

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I tried self-sacrifice a couple of times in my youth.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald thought that prolonging his adolescence would protect his talent.

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The ravaged face in the mirror hides the enchanting youth that is the real me.

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Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

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Some eras worship infancy; some, the aged. None as yet has adored middle age.

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The young are just as opinionated as the old, but have more exciting things to do than sit around airing their opinions…

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The modest youth somehow knows just what to do for the cameras.

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The horse stares at its captor, barely remembering the free kicks of youth.

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The trouble with the young people today is that it is they who are young.

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With age, the mind grows slower and more wily.

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The young have stolen our youthfulness, and flaunt it without shame.

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Old age learns about less after a lifetime of more.

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Growth provides novel experiences for youth; decay the same, alas, for age.

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Middle age went by while I was mourning for my lost youth.

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Youth demands more than ordinary life. Age clings to it.

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As a youth, I sought out decadence; as an elder, I try to avoid decay.

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In youth, love and art. In age, investments and antiques.

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The vices of youth now exceed my powers, but not my fancy.

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Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past.

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The modernist writers found despair inspirational.

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Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits.

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Money comes to life as it is spent.

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Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits.

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Rage is exciting, but leaves me confused and exhausted.

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Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc.

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Experience teaches us, but we scarcely know what.

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The body has a mind of its own.

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My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived.

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The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties.

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