# Quote — Richard Yates, Young Hearts Crying

> And from this distance they all did look like kids - boys and girls from far and wide with their cheap hand luggage and their Army duffel bags, brave entertainers who might travel for years before it occurred to them, or to most of them, that they weren't going anywhere.

- Author: [Richard Yates](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates.md)
- Book: [Young Hearts Crying](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/young-hearts-crying.md)
- Page: 176
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/young-hearts-crying/and-from-this

## More from this book

> "I think you'll find ordinary people are nicer than you give them credit for being"

p. 172 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/young-hearts-crying/i-think-youll.md)

> "As my husband always used to say, who cares?"
>
> "A lot of people care, Ann."
>
> "Well, that's a nice thought, but try counting them up on your fingers. Name me four. Name me three."

p. 221 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/young-hearts-crying/as-my-husband.md)

> "Well, marriage is funny, Mike", Harold said once with the wind whipping the vapor of his voice over his shoulder. "You can go along for years without ever knowing who you're married to. It's a riddle."
>
> "You're right," Michael said. "It is."
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> "Then maybe once in a while you take a look at this girl, this woman, and you think: What's the deal? How come? Why her? Why me?"
>
> "Yeah, I know what you mean, Harold."

p. 113 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-yates/young-hearts-crying/well-marriage-is-funny.md)