Famous quotes containing the words human and/or years:
“It is not possible, for a poet, writing in any language, to protect himself from the tragic elements in human life.... [ellipsis in source] Illness, old age, and deathsubjects as ancient as humanitythese are the subjects that the poet must speak of very nearly from the first moment that he begins to speak.”
—Louise Bogan (18971970)
“Id give all wealth that years have piled,
The slow result of Lifes decay,
To be once more a little child
For one bright summer-day.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (18321898)