Age Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Books are the best type of influence of the past...Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Books make their greatest mark when they reach readers in their growing years. The young look everywhere for that ground of truth on which…

— Milton Meltzer

Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore,…

— Anonymous

One likes to think one grows as a writer as one ages, else all you get is an old young writer. Beyond that is…

— Raymond E. Feist

Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are the fruits of its age.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

“If a book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

From the very nature of progress, all ages must be transitional.

— Gertrude Stein

“Youth is marked by a breathtaking novelty that diminishes with each year of age - until life becomes a delusive struggle to break routines,…

— Zack Love

Every age has its problem, by solving which humanity is helped forward.

— Heinrich Heine

Books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age.

— Jeremy Collier

One of the sad realities today is that very few people, especially young people, read books. Unless we can find imaginative ways of addressing…

— Nelson Mandela

The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.

— Isaac D'Israeli