"Life was a fairy-tale, then, it is a……" — Mark Twain

"Life was a fairy-tale, then, it is a tragedy now. When I was 43 and John Hay 41 he said life was a tragedy after 40, and I disputed it. Three years ago he asked me to testify again: I counted my graves, and there was nothing for me to say. I am old; I recognize it but I don't realize it. I wonder if a person ever really ceases to feel young - I mean, for a whole day at a time."

After Quotes Age Quotes Ago Quotes Asked Quotes Asked Me Quotes Ceases Quotes Counted Quotes Day Quotes Disputed Quotes Ever Really Quotes Fairy Quotes Fairy Tale Quotes Feel Quotes Feel Young Quotes Feels Quotes Graves Quotes Hay Quotes He Asked Quotes He Asked Me Quotes He Said Quotes I Counted Quotes I Mean Quotes I Recognize Quotes I Wonder Quotes John Quotes Life Quotes Me Quotes Mean Quotes Nothing Quotes Old Quotes Person Quotes Person Ever Quotes Persons Quotes Realize Quotes Realizing Quotes Really Quotes Recognize Quotes Said Quotes Said Life Quotes Say Quotes Tale Quotes Tales Quotes Testify Quotes Three Quotes Three Years Quotes Time Quotes Tragedy Quotes Tragedy After Quotes Tragedy Now Quotes Whole Quotes Whole Day Quotes Wonder Quotes Years Quotes Years Ago Quotes Young Quotes

2,052 Quotes by Mark Twain

Mark Twain has 2,052 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 2,052 quotes by Mark Twain »

More Age Quotes

This quote is filed under Age Quotes, one of 9,856 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. — J. J. Abrams
Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. — Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become… — Giorgio Armani
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I… — Paul Auster
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next. — Matthew Arnold
You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.… — Brooks Atkinson
Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. — Margaret Atwood

See all 9,856 Age Quotes »