Youth

Youth

Youth is generally the time of life between childhood and adulthood (maturity). Definitions of the specific age range that constitutes youth vary. An individual's actual maturity may not correspond to their chronological age, as immature individuals can exist at all ages. Youth is also defined as "the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of one who is young". Youth is a term used for people of both genders, male and female, of young age. Generally under the age of 21 (common legal age).

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Famous quotes containing the word youth:

    “He wears the rose
    Of youth upon him, from which the world should note
    Something particular.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “A tory youth is a youth speculating on his future.”
    —Christina Stead (1902–1983)

    “And my youth comes back to me.
    And a verse of a Lapland song
    Is haunting my memory still:
    “A boy’s will is the wind’s will,
    And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.””
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1809–1882)