Years Long

Famous quotes containing the words years and/or long:

“I’m right here to tell you, mister. There ain’t nobody gonna push me off my land. My grandpa took up this land seventy years ago. My pa was born here. We was all born on it. And some of us was killed on it. And some of us died on it. That’s what makes it ourn. Bein’ born on it. And workin’ on it. And dyin’ on it. And not no piece of paper with writin’ on it.”
—Nunnally Johnson (1897–1977)

“Aeneas. We know each other well.
Diomedes. We do, and long to know each other worse.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)