“To be young, really young, takes a very long time. Picasso”
“It takes a very long time to become young.”
“It takes a long time to grow young.”
“You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.”
“That young man with the long, auburn hair and the impudent face - that young man was not really a poet; but surely he was a poem.”
“It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.”