It is not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few accomplish it after the age of six.
I think that you certainly don't have to be aged and travel the world to write a poem.
Ralphie as Adult: [narrating] Honors and benefits already at the age of nine!
[passing a Stonehenge-like structure] Manfred: Modern architecture. It'll never last.
Sid: [after branch hits him] What ho, a foe?
[Manfred just grabbed the baby] Diego: Um, that pink thing is mine.
Diego: I'm working here, you waste of fur.
Manfred: Don't you have some poor, defenseless animal to disembowel?
Harmony Age 7: I'm going to be an actress.
Gothmog: The Age of Men is over. The Time of the Orc has come.
Neil, Age 8: Are you ready? Here we go.
I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.
For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.
I played Winnie Cooper on 'The Wonder Years' from ages 12-18, and did a few other movies during some of the summers.
I have always been drawn to coming-of-age stories and books and movies featuring compelling young characters.
You might as well ask why a middle-aged man with no criminal record might put a paper bag over his head and rob a bank. I acted out of personal desperation.
Rather than getting more spoilt with age, as difficulties pile up, epiphanies of gratitude abound.
I was 16 when I entered the foster system, and know firsthand the statistics for 'aging out.'
I first picked up a violin aged five - I just assumed everyone played.
A woman never forgets her age once she decides what it is.
Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.