Quote#Children
Too young for wife, too old for child, but the ripe age for comrade —…
Quote byJohn Buchan · 1875–1940
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Midwinter (1923), Ch. XVII.
English (original)
Too young for wife, too old for child, but the ripe age for comrade — and such a comrade, for there was a boy's gallantry in her eyes and something of a child's confident fearlessness.
— John Buchan
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