One loses, as one grows older, something of the lightness of one's dreams; one begins to take life up in both hands, and to care more for the fruit than the flower, and that is no great loss perhaps.

W.b. Yeats
One loses, as one grows older, something of the lightness...
One loses, as one grows older, something of the lightness...
One loses, as one grows older, something of the lightness...
One loses, as one grows older, something of the lightness...
About This Quote

This quote by Ernest Hemingway captures the essence of life. Dreams will eventually fade and we will all realize that there is more to life than just be happy and having fun. The reason we lose our dreams as we grow older is because we become focused on the fruit of our labor rather than the flower of our labor. As we get older we learn that we have to care more for the fruit than for the flower.

Source: The Celtic Twilight: Faerie And Folklore

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