Vera Brittain Quote

Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalize so suavely and so mendaciously about the golden hours of youth — that period of life when every sorrow seems permanent, and every set-back insuperable?


Testament of Youth (1933)


Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalize so suavely and ...

Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalize so suavely and ...

Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalize so suavely and ...

Why, I wonder, do people who at one time or another have all been young themselves, and who ought therefore to know better, generalize so suavely and ...