“Fine art is something wonderful that's left long into the future… eternal beauty.”
Masashi Kishimoto (1974) Japanese manga artist
“To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision.”
Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Francesca Lia Block (1962) American children's writer
Variant: This was not a faerie tale. This was not the movies. This was life. It hurt more. It was excruciating. It was excruciatingly beautiful.
Source: Violet & Claire
“Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.”
Oscar Levant (1906–1972) American comedian, composer, pianist and actor
On President Dwight D. Eisenhower, as quoted in The Nastiest Things Ever Said about Republicans (2006) by Martin Higgins, p. 83.
John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author
"Mount Shasta" in Picturesque California (1888-1890) page 165; reprinted in Steep Trails (1918), chapter 5
1880s
“I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals.”
Brigitte Bardot (1934) French model, actor, singer and animal rights activist
Tim Winton book The Turning
Short story, 'Damaged Goods' - p.60
Short stories, The Turning (2004)
“Crabbed age and youth cannot live together:
Youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care”
William Shakespeare book The Passionate Pilgrim
The Passionate Pilgrim: A Madrigal; there is some doubt about the authorship of this.