"People want pretty much the same things:..." - Quote by Nicholas Sparks
People want pretty much the same things: They wanted to be happy. Most young people seemed to think that those things lay somewhere in the future, while most older people believed they lay in the past.
More by Nicholas Sparks
“Being around someone who accepts and supports you will remind you to accept and support yourself.”
“I want her to be smart and kind... and I want you to fall in love with her, because you shouldn't spend the rest of your life alone.”
“Love, after all, always said more about those who felt it than it did about the ones they loved.”
More on Happiness
“A good and wholesome thing is a little harmless fun in this world; it tones a body up and keeps him human and prevents him from souring.”
“Dry happiness is like dry bread. We eat, but we do not dine. I wish for the superfluous, for the useless, for the extravagant, for the too much, for that which is not good for anything.”
“Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.”
More on Youth
“And in the morn and liquid dew of youth,Contagious blastments are are most imminent.”
“When you are old and gray and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, take down this book and slowly read, and dream of the soft look your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep.”
“The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military service.”