Robert Penn Warren Quote

A young man's ambition — to get along in the world and make a place for himself — half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if you're lucky, you make terms with life, you get released.


The New York Times (2 June 1981)


A young man's ambition — to get along in the world and make a place for himself — half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if...

A young man's ambition — to get along in the world and make a place for himself — half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if...

A young man's ambition — to get along in the world and make a place for himself — half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if...

A young man's ambition — to get along in the world and make a place for himself — half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if...