older Quotes

“What was that?′ she asked the others. They were older and had seen such wonders before. They barely looked up from the ground. ‘Balloon,’ said a nearby ewe, her mouth full of grass.”

″ ‘People grow up that,’ said Nell. ‘In spurts. All of a sudden they are years older.’ ”

“Andrea shares a room with me. We’re lucky because we have a double room. It’s got a bunk bed and two desks to do homework on. It’s great. Andrea sleeps on the top bunk and I sleep on the bottom. Andrea hardly ever wants to trade. She’s only twelve, just two years older than me, but she acts like that gives her a right to everything!”

“When you and I Grow Up When you and I Grow up-Polly- I mean that you and me, Shall go sailing in a big ship Right over all the sea. We’ll wait till we are older, For if we went to-day, You know that we might lose ourselves, And never find the way.”