“So young when the pain had begun
Now forever afraid of being loved.”

“Never be afraid to love, not even when there's a chance you're not being loved in return.”

Tom Robbins B Is for Beer

“So scared of getting older
I'm only good at being young
So I play the numbers game to find a way to say that life has just begun.”

John Mayer (1977) guitarist and singer/songwriter

“Woman, please let me explain
I never meant to cause you sorrow or pain
So let me tell you again and again and again…
I love you
Now and forever.”

John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter

“But I am old now; my life is older. When I made the choice I made, I did not think it was forever. It is another thing to give up so young.”

Alex Flinn book Beastly

“In heaven so wonderful
Why are we oh so afraid of dying young
We are dying young”

Kris Roe (1978) American composer and singer

“She was in pain and I loved her, sort of loved her, I guess, so I kind of had to love her pain, too.”

Sherman Alexie book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

“And so being young and dipped in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.”

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) American author, poet, editor and literary critic

“Will we ever stop being afraid of nights and death?

When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die.”

Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) American writer

“Young Ones.
Darling we're the Young Ones.
Young Ones shouldn't be afraid
To live, love, there's a song to be sung,
Cause we may not
Be the Young Ones
very long.”

Sid Tepper (1918–2015) American songwriter