Years Long

Famous quotes containing the words years and/or long:

“Twenty years a child; twenty years running wild; twenty years a mature man—and after that, praying.”
—Irish proverb.

“I had been in the hurrying waters too long not to appreciate an opportunity to lie on the bank and rest, watch others, and gain strength for the coming years.”
—Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)