the time of your life

“In the time of your life, live—so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mystery of it. Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place, and let it be conspicuous and unsuspected."

I stumbled on Saroyan in college and found his work poignant and nostalgic - though not necessarily for the past - more like nostalgic for a different, more hopeful perspective.