eighteen quotes

Eighteen is a good time for suffering.One has all the necessary strength, and no defences.

- Sir William (Gerald) Golding
  The Pyramid.

In my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but atrue one, that Iknewalmost asmuchateighteenas I do now.

- Samuel known as Dr Johnson Johnson
  Remark, 21  Jul. Quoted in  James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol.1.