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title: "6 Old Waiting Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [We'll grow old waiting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/we-ll-grow-old-waiting/)

[Gabriel Garcia Marquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/)

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> [At seventeen I'm waiting for my life to actually begin. I'm afraid I'll wake up tomorrow eighty years old and I WILL…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-warren/at-seventeen-i-m-waiting-for-my-life-to-actually-begin-i-m-afraid-i/)

[Frank Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-warren/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/frank-warren-13519_life_at-seventeen-i-m-waiting-for-my-life-to_2250192.png)

> [“I think that the people who sit around and wait for their destiny to land in their laps will probably get old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-martin/i-think-that-the-people-who-sit-around-and-wait-for-their-destiny-to/)

[Ricky Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-martin/)

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> [“They had painted a lady leaning her arms on the sill of the window. This lady was waiting for a husband. Her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rafael-s-nchez-ferlosio/they-had-painted-a-lady-leaning-her-arms-on-the-sill-of-the-window/)

[Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rafael-s-nchez-ferlosio/)

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> [“Don't you see?" he said. "This could go on for another five years, another ten years, and then where would we be?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-parsons/don-t-you-see-he-said-this-could-go-on-for-another-five-years-another/)

[Tony Parsons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-parsons/)

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> [I'm 48 years old, not a kid anymore by any definition, but here is a universal truth that every adult at some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-coben/i-m-48-years-old-not-a-kid-anymore-by-any-definition-but-here-is-a/)

[Harlan Coben](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-coben/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/harlan-coben-847_adult_i-m-48-years-old-not-a-kid-anymore-by-an_3119173.png)

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