RedWeiPrincess
青春
Youth
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.
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing appetite for what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart, there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, courage and power from man and from the infinite, so long as you are young.
When your aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you’ve grown old, even at 20; but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there’s hope you may die young at 80.
45度向上傾斜
1、芒果街上的小屋：
《芒果街上的小屋》是美国作家桑德拉·希斯内罗丝（Sandra Cisneros）创作的长篇小说，首次出版于1984年。记录的是从女孩蜕变为女人的过程，是少女时代的最后一段光阴。作品的触角伸向生活的每个角落，妈妈，婶婶，一朵小云彩，一只小狗，一次小伤心，一点小悸动。
2、13个理由：
这本小说词汇和语法都很简单，段落短小，很适合英语学习者在地铁上或者其他零碎时间阅读。该书多次获奖，并被选为《纽约时报》畅销书，很值得一读。书中的内容略有沉重，却更值得成年人思考。不少青少年读者表示获益良多。
3、老人与海：
《老人与海》是美国作家海明威于1951年在古巴写的一篇中篇小说，于1952年出版。该作围绕一位老年古巴渔夫，与一条巨大的马林鱼在离岸很远的湾流中搏斗而展开故事的讲述。尽管海明威笔下的老人是悲剧性的，但他身上却有着尼采“超人”的品质，泰然自若地接受失败。
沉着勇敢地面对死亡，这些“硬汉子”体现了海明威的人生哲学和道德理想，即人类不向命运低头，永不服输的斗士精神和积极向上的乐观人生态度。
