--- title: "2 Older Feel Quotes By Sharon Olds" description: "2 Older Feel quotes by Sharon Olds. Plus more from Sharon Olds and more Older Feel sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/sharon-olds-8682_abyss_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel-619095_619095.jpg" --- > [The older I get, the more I feel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/sharon-olds-8682_abyss_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel-619095_619095.jpg) > [The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel-almost-beautiful/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/sharon-olds-8682_almost_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel-almost-b_2984135.jpg) ## More by Sharon Olds > [Poems come from ordinary experiences and objects, I think. Out of memory - a dress I lent my daughter on her way back to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/poems-come-from-ordinary-experiences-and-objects-i-think-out-of/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/there-are-some-fine-books-and-essays-about-that-lewis-hyde-has/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [I'm not asking a poem to carry a lot of rocks in its pockets. Just being an ordinary observer and liver and feeler and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/i-m-not-asking-a-poem-to-carry-a-lot-of-rocks-in-its-pockets-just/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [“How do they do it, the ones who make love without love? How do they come to the come to the come to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/how-do-they-do-it-the-ones-who-make-love-without-love-how-do-they/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [She'd crack A joke sharp as a tin lid Hot from the teeth of the can-opener, And cackle her crack-corn laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/she-d-crack-a-joke-sharp-as-a-tin-lid-hot-from-the-teeth-of-the-can/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [If I wrote in a sonnet form, I would be distorting. Or if I had some great new idea for line breaks and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/if-i-wrote-in-a-sonnet-form-i-would-be-distorting-or-if-i-had-some/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/many-poets-write-books-they-ll-tell-you-well-i-ve-got-my-next-book/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [“as if languagelessness was a step up, in evolution, from the chatter of consciousness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/as-if-languagelessness-was-a-step-up-in-evolution-from-the-chatter-of/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [Maybe we can use a metaphor for it, out of dance. I think for many years I was aware of the need, in dance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/maybe-we-can-use-a-metaphor-for-it-out-of-dance-i-think-for-many/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [Who wants to put together something that will bear some relationship to the vision or memory or experience or story or idea or dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/who-wants-to-put-together-something-that-will-bear-some-relationship/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [“I put my arms around a trunk and squeezed it, then I lay down on my father's grave.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/i-put-my-arms-around-a-trunk-and-squeezed-it-then-i-lay-down-on-my/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [“...the liquor like fire in his hand”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/the-liquor-like-fire-in-his-hand/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [I'm probably so out of it at my age that I don't know what people think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/i-m-probably-so-out-of-it-at-my-age-that-i-don-t-know-what-people/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [“Some people think I should be over my ex by now — maybe I thought I might have been over him more by now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/some-people-think-i-should-be-over-my-ex-by-now-maybe-i-thought-i/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) > [Maybe in order to understand sex fully/one has to risk being destroyed by it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/maybe-in-order-to-understand-sex-fully-one-has-to-risk-being/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/older-feel/sharon-olds/#itemlist", "name": "2 Older Feel Quotes By Sharon Olds", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The older I get, the more I feel", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sharon Olds" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/sharon-olds-8682_abyss_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel-619095_619095.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/sharon-olds-8682_abyss_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel-619095_619095.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/sharon-olds-8682_abyss_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel-619095_619095.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The older I get, the more I feel” — Sharon Olds", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sharon Olds" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel-almost-beautiful/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/sharon-olds-8682_almost_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel-almost-b_2984135.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/sharon-olds-8682_almost_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel-almost-b_2984135.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/sharon-olds-8682_almost_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel-almost-b_2984135.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful.” — Sharon Olds", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/older-feel/sharon-olds/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/older-feel/sharon-olds/", "name": "Older Feel Quotes by Sharon Olds", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/older-feel/sharon-olds/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f8/sharon-olds-8682_abyss_the-older-i-get-the-more-i-feel-619095_619095.jpg" }, "description": "2 Older Feel quotes by Sharon Olds. 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