Ray Bradbury. Dandelion wine (№ 430410)

- What nonsense! Kindness and intelligence are properties of old age. At twenty, a woman is much more interested in being heartless and frivolous.

Quote Explanation: William Forester is about thirty, and Helene Loomis is almost a hundred years old. But despite the huge difference in age, they see in each other a kindred spirit, which they have lacked all their lives.