"the much-sought prize of eternal youth Is just arrested growth."

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Source : Edgar Lee Masters (2012). “Spoon River Anthology”, p.175, The Floating Press

Edgar Lee Masters

#Growth Quotes #Youth Quotes #Prize Quotes

“I don't really understand why when I'm not making music, I feel like I can't breathe.”
“Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.”
“Nothing should be overlooked in fighting for better education.”
“I never wanted to be a playwright.”
“I try to live in the moment, every moment.”
“In all the years when I did not know what to believe in and therefore preferred to leave all beliefs alone, whenever I came to a place where living water welled up, blessedly cold and sweet and pure, from the earth's dark bosom, I felt that after all it must be wrong not to believe in anything.”

Source : Sigrid Undset (1939). “Men, women, and places”
“And uh, I'm glad that I still have my hands and my eyes to work with.”
“God's people, in God's place, under God's rule”

Source : Graeme Goldsworthy (1987). “Gospel and Wisdom: Israel's Wisdom Literature in the Christian Life”

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