Schoolboy Rowe/the War Years 1944%e2%80%931945

Famous quotes containing the words schoolboy, war and/or years:

    “On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox.”
    —Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867)

    “Newspaperman: That was a magnificent work. There were these mass columns of Apaches in their war paint and feather bonnets. And here was Thursday leading his men in that heroic charge.
    Capt. York: Correct in every detail.
    Newspaperman: He’s become almost a legend already. He’s the hero of every schoolboy in America.”
    —Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965)

    “My dear Kafka,
    When you’ve had five years of it, not five months,
    Five years of an irresistible force meeting an immoveable object right in your belly,
    Then you’ll know about depression.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)