“They say the eyes are the first thing to go”—he glances meaningfully at the reading glasses—“but I say it’s curiosity. People hit… — Jennifer Haigh Copy Share Image
Middle age snuffs out more talent than ever wars or sudden deaths do. — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
Our male-dominated culture tends to define success in terms of wealth, fame, power, the reaction of others. Women are fed a version… — Catherine Mayer Copy Share Image
I feel like today we always glorify the young, just-plucked-from-college writer. But it's much harder to start writing later, in middle age,… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Mindfulness is the key to everything, and this is especially true when one approaches the cultural portal known as "middle age." This… — Christiane Northrup Copy Share Image
Middle age is when you stop criticizing the older generation and start criticizing the younger one. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
“Eve still marveled on a daily basis at the speed with which her own life had changed. A year ago, she'd been… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“Seven Ages: first puking and mewling Then very pissed-off with your schooling Then fucks, and then fights Next judging chaps' rights Then… — Robert Conquest Copy Share Image
“Nobody ever got started on a career as a writer by exercising good judgment, and no one ever will, either, so the… — George V. Higgins Copy Share Image
Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Middle age is when anything new in the way you feel is most likely a symptom. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
The truth about God is that He exists. He always existed. God existed before He created things. He is still creating things.… — Babloo Copy Share Image
“After all, when one approaches Middle Age…" "Middle Age? Has anyone ever boxed your ears Miss Thane?" "No, never," said Miss Thane,… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places. — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
“What were the living dead, Wolgast thought, but a metaphor for the misbegotten march of middle age?” — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
“Hers was the timeless tale of the imbalance of power between the sexes, at least in traditional marriages. She was typical of… — Bella Stumbo Copy Share Image
“When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“All through my sixties I felt I was still within hailing distance of middle age, not safe on its shores, perhaps, but… — Diana Athill Copy Share Image
Was it hardness, was it selfishness, that she should ask me to risk my life for her own glorification? Such thoughts may… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“Optimistic young adults stay healthier throughout middle age and, ultimately, live longer than pessimists.” — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
“... one is creeping into middle age and is less easily distracted by one's appetites, which have grown feebler, and by one's… — Nicholas Murray Copy Share Image
