“All the same, they [young, twenty-somethings] can't help feeling that the aged and even the infirm have somehow elected that condition ... or have as it were been assigned those roles ... so that they ... can play their youthful-energetic,… — John Barth Copy Share Image
Continue to plant a kiss of concern on the cheek of the sick and the aged and infirm and count that actions as natural and to be expected. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
![“All the same, they [young, twenty-somethings] can't help feeling that the aged and even the infirm have somehow elected that condition ... or have as it were been assigned those roles ... so that they ... can play their youthful-energetic, all but immutable selves.” quote by John Barth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c9a/john-barth-5311_youth_all-the-same-they-young-twenty-something_2014651.jpg)
