Fifteen

Famous quotes containing the word fifteen:

    At fifteen I visualized myself as a world-famous author of seventy with a mane of wavy white hair. Today I am practically bald.
    Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    “... It’s a day’s work
    To empty one house of all household goods
    And fill another with ‘em fifteen miles away,
    Although you do no more than dump them down.”
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.
    Maya Angelou (b. 1928)