“In childhood the daylight always fails too soon -- except when there are going to be fireworks;”
Guy Fawkes' Day, Mrs. Miniver
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Jan Struther9
British writer 1901–1953Related quotes
“Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.”
Seth Godin (1960) American entrepreneur, author and public speaker
“Don't hang on too long, but don't let go too soon.”
Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie
Source: Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)
“Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hang on too long.”
Morrie Schwartz (1916–1995) American sociologist
Lewis Carroll Three Sunsets and Other Poems
Puck Lost and Found (1891)
Three Sunsets and Other Poems (1898)
“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.”
Graham Greene book The Power and the Glory
Pt. I, ch. 1
The Power and the Glory (1940)
“It mocks me as it flies, I know:
All too soon the gleam will go”
Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) English poet
Apologia
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907), Forest of Wild Thyme
Context: It mocks me as it flies, I know:
All too soon the gleam will go;
Yet I love it and shall love
My dream that brooks no narrower bars
Than bind the darkening heavens above,
My Jack o'Lanthorn of the stars:
Then, I'll follow it no more,
I'll light the lamp: I'll close the door.