Source: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
“One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognise your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full.”
Source: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), P. 8
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As quoted in Know Your Limits — Then Ignore Them (2000) by John Mason
In reply to her daughter when she had streaked and her daughter who was five years old was upset knowing about to in the school when she was told that her mother :’All the children in my school say that their mummies said that you ran nanga’ (‘nanga’ in Hindi means “naked”) in "Timepass" pp. viii-ix

“Well, Mr. Prime Minister, I can't waste any more time on you. I must get back to work.”
From a conversation with Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier (29 July 1910) when Diefenbaker was 14; quoted in Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994: Biographies and Anecdotes (Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1994).