P. J. Bailey (Festus, “Anywhere”).
Truly it is to be noted, that children’s plays are not sports, and should be regarded as their most serious actions.
Montaigne.
Boys and their pastimes are swayed by periodic forces inscrutable to man; so that tops and marbles reappear in their due season, regular like the sun and moon; and the harmless art of knucklebones has seen the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the United States.
R. L. Stevenson (The Lantern-Bearers).
Says Chloe, “Though tears it may cost,
It is time we should part, my dear Sue;