At eighteen the heart shoots like a pebble from a slingshot and the head doesn't sit on the shoulder.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- At eighteen, emotions act quickly while the mind struggles to keep up.
- In plain terms
- Young people feel things intensely before they think them through.
- What can you take from it?
- Youth often involves impulsive feelings that outpace reason.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you balance emotion and reason?
- When did you feel this way?
Another view
It generalizes all eighteen year olds as impulsive.
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