# Charming Youth

By [Lolita](https://paragraph.com/@fossette) · 2022-08-13

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Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

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*Originally published on [Lolita](https://paragraph.com/@fossette/charming-youth)*