Acceptance of death when it arrives is one thing, but to allow it to upstage the joys of living is ingratitude. — Ronald Blythe Copy Share Image
Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching… — Ronald Blythe Copy Share Image
Jane Austen can in fact get more drama out of morality than most other writers can get from shipwreck, battle, murder, or mayhem. — Ronald Blythe Copy Share Image
To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was… — Ronald Blythe Copy Share Image
One of the reasons why old people make so many journeys into the past is to satisfy themselves that it is still there. — Ronald Blythe Copy Share Image
The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate. — Ronald Blythe Copy Share Image
I sometimes think that God will ask us, 'That wonderful world of mine, why didn't you enjoy it more? — Ronald Blythe Copy Share Image
As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if… — Ronald Blythe Copy Share Image
