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> [“why as a society we are often so cruel or oblivious to the elderly. Why do we find it so easy to make jokes about them, or ignore them? Is it because we fear what they represent: our own ageing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-thomson/why-as-a-society-we-are-often-so-cruel-or-oblivious-to-the-elderly/)

Hugh Thomson

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## More by Hugh Thomson

> [“And in a way, what could be more rock and roll than lying around on deck being served caviar and champagne off a surfboard?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-thomson/and-in-a-way-what-could-be-more-rock-and-roll-than-lying-around-on/)

Hugh Thomson

> [“why as a society we are often so cruel or oblivious to the elderly. Why do we find it so easy to make jokes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-thomson/why-as-a-society-we-are-often-so-cruel-or-oblivious-to-the-elderly/)

Hugh Thomson

> [“Only in the late eighteenth century, with Burke and his theory of the sublime, Wordsworth and his mountains, Rousseau and his thoughts on Nature,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-thomson/only-in-the-late-eighteenth-century-with-burke-and-his-theory-of-the/)

Hugh Thomson

> [“To the traditional traveller—let alone travel writer—this might seem absurd. The whole point of travel is to go deep. To spend time in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-thomson/to-the-traditional-traveller-let-alone-travel-writer-this-might-seem/)

Hugh Thomson

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