The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
—Hervey Allen
Topics: Age, Maturity, Aging
Each new generation is a fresh invasion of savages.
—Hervey Allen
Topics: Fresh, Civilization
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Norman Mailer American Novelist, Journalist
- Louis L’Amour American Novelist
- Paul Auster American Novelist, Poet
- John Updike American Author
- Conrad Aiken American Poet, Novelist
- Mark Van Doren American Poet, Critic
- Wendell Berry American Author, Environmentalist
- L. Frank Baum American Writer
- Langston Hughes American Poet, Writer
- Jack Kerouac American Novelist, Poet
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