For two years I watched my parents' lives wind to a close. This made me aware of old age as a one… — Alix Kates Shulman Copy Share Image
“Then I understood that a survivor has no right to bring a complaint. Whoever survives has won his case, he has no… — Sándor Márai Copy Share Image
I'm still writing in my old age. And still loving it. It fills my days. Writing is my salvation. I just get… — Patricia Reilly Giff Copy Share Image
[Time was] an accordion, all the air squeezed out of it as you grew old. — Helen Hooven Santmyer Copy Share Image
“We are not our own any more than what we possess is our own. We did not make ourselves, we cannot be… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Aging happy and well, instead of sad and sick, is at least under some personal control. We have considerable control over our… — George Vaillant Copy Share Image
We all wish to reach a ripe old age, but none of us are prepared to admit that we are already there. — Francisco de Quevedo Copy Share Image
“Deke: 'You know what I'm wonderin'?' Malachi: 'No, and to tell the truth, I don't care' Deke: 'I'm wonderin' how you've managed… — Lynn Turner Copy Share Image
Cato requested old men not to add the disgrace of wickedness to old age, which was accompanied with many other evils. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“Even to your old age and grey hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have loved you… — Tarryn Fisher Copy Share Image
We do ourselves and others a disservice when we make old age something to be feared. Life is not a resource to… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
“Fear resides in all things, and the heart of fear is the unexpected. Do not frighten your opponent with what is right… — Shinmen Musashi Copy Share Image
In this respect early youth is exactly like old age; it is a time of waiting for a big trip to an… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
“Old age is an insult. Old age is a slap in the face. It sabotages a fine mind (...).” — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
“Whilst writing all this, I have had in my mind a woman, whose strong and serious mind would not have failed to… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions, but still retains vividly… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other… — Bias of Priene Copy Share Image
“Persistent smile brings out hollow dimples, and persistent frowns brings out hollow wrinkles.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“If I could, I'd deliver you from old age and death, from aches and pains, from the blandishments of ghosts, from the… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Truth usually makes no sense. If your desire is for everything to make perfect sense, then you should take refuge in fiction.… — Peter David Copy Share Image
“How terrible, Jack thought, to be old and know that your life has been wasted.” — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“Insecurity cuts deeper and extends more widely than bare unemployment. Fear of loss of work, dread of the oncoming of old age,… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
When entering into a marriage one ought to ask oneself: do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this woman… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When a man becomes old, his greed becomes young: sleep grows heavy at the time of morning. — Saib Tabrizi Copy Share Image
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