Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young. – J. K. Rowling

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But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think Im very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time. – Tom Hanks

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When it comes to raising civilized kids there are no hard rules, but there are two things on which most parents agree: Boys are generally wilder than girls, and adolescents are wilder than kids of any other age. If youve got an adolescent boy, youre in the sweet spot for trouble. – Jeffrey Kluger

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I am now old enough to no longer have a fear of dying young. – Bruce Ades, c.1990

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