The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.

—Alice Roosevelt Longworth

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Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980) was an American writer, political activist, and socialite. She was the eldest child of United States president Theodore Roosevelt and his only child with his first wife, Alice. She played a prominent role in his presidency from 1901 to...

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I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.

—Alice Roosevelt Longworth

If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.

—Alice Roosevelt Longworth

If you can't say anything good about someone, sit right here by me.

—Alice Roosevelt Longworth

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Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie;
But where unbruised youth with unstuff'd brain
Doth couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign.

—William Shakespeare

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When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable.

—W. Somerset Maugham

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The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.

—Alfred North Whitehead

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I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war,… suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on its own.

—Philip Caputo

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When you're young, you always think you'll meet all sorts of wonderful people, that drifting apart and losing friends is natural. You don't worry, at first, about the friends you leave behind. But as you get older, it gets harder to build friendships. Too many defenses, too little opportunity. You get busy. And by the time you realize that you've lost the dearest best friend you've ever had, years have gone by and you're mature enough to be embarrassed by your attitude and, frankly, by your arrogance.

—Kate Jacobs in The Friday Night Knitting Club

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