belated maternity has had its compensations; small children have a habit of conferring persistent youth upon their parents, and by their eager… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
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“Mr. Herriton, don’t – please, Mr. Herriton – a dentist. His father’s a dentist.” Philip gave a cry of personal disgust and… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
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With tremendous clarity and wisdom, Daniel Tomasulo has crafted a memoir at once heartbreaking and uplifting. Layers of time and memory—childhood, adolescence,… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
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It's funny to see my friends going through that middle-age thing about losing their hair. I went through it in college. They… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
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I saw in 'the wandering Jew' the personification of the Jewish people, exiled in the Middle Ages. Nevertheless, they are once again… — George Sand Copy Share Image
There is a spell in mediaeval Art which has had power to bewitch some people into trying, or wishing to try, or… — Goldwin Smith Copy Share Image
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It is not simply that these two cities are perched side by side at the edge of the Pacific; it is that… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“Suppose that a great commotion arises in the street about something, let us say a lamp-post, which many influential persons desire to… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The term middle-aged, invented by Descartes, comes from the Latin, medeus, meaning 'not really old' and ageis, meaning 'if you look at… — Marilyn Suzanne Miller Copy Share Image
Man has boyhood, adolescence, youth, middle age and senescence, as stages of growth; there are also corresponding stages in the growth of… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Like it or not, to reach middle age with less money or less prestige than our father had is somewhat to lose… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
In the Middle Ages could not Christians be united, nowadays, it is Europe that can not be united. As I see it,… — Mattias Konradsson Copy Share Image
