Life in your 20s is full of possibilities and anticipation of great things. It’s a special time of energetic optimism and ardent discovery. It’s a decade to look forward to, enjoy, and remember with fondness. And these 20 quotes perfectly sum it up.
#1. Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
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#2. Steven Pressfield.
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#3. Kyoko Escamilla.
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#4. Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.
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#5. Mo Willems.
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#6. Robert Frost, A Servant to Servants.
#7. Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest.
#8. Oprah Winfrey.
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#9. Jack Kerouac, On the Road.
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#10. Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist.
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#11. Kinky Friedman, How to Unscrew a Screwed-Up World.
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#12. Randall Munroe, xkcd: volume 0.
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#13. T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets.
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#14. J. K. Rowling.
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#15. John Green, Paper Towns.
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#16. Tyler Knott Gregson.
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#17. Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
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#18. Albert Ellis.
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#19. Lemony Snicket, The Ersatz Elevator.
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#20. R. M. Rilke.
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