Innocence Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Youth is like a fickle girlfriend. We can't understand or value her until she goes off with someone else, never to return.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Youth is like having a big plate of candy. Sentimentalists think they want to be in the pure, simple state they were in before…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“And isn’t there something a little sad about youth and beauty in any circumstances?”

— John Wyndham

“buffeted by the passions and longings of youth.”

— Jon Krakauer

“Oh how can we, scarce mastering our passions, expect that youth should keep itself in check?”

— Friedrich von Schiller

“Yes, he was young—way too young, she was well aware of that unfortunate fact—but there was something to be said for youth, wasn’t there?…

— Tom Perrotta

“Youth must triumph... now. Afterwards, it will be life.”

— Jose Garcia Villa

“All this emphasis on youth - I don’t buy it. Listen, I know what a misery being young can be, so don’t tell me…

— Morrie Schwartz

“Young girls are just too eager to grow up these days. Youth should be enjoyed not escaped,”

— Angela Marsons

“Youth offends by its very nature and Elders offend because they forget what it is like to be young.”

— J.D. Lakey

“In a desperate attempt to stay young forever we have achieved eternal childishness, rather than eternal youth.”

— Daniel Prokop