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title: "7 Seen Old Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [“Eight-and-twenty years,' said I, 'I have lived, and never a ghost have I seen as yet.' The old woman sat staring hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/eight-and-twenty-years-said-i-i-have-lived-and-never-a-ghost-have-i/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

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> [“It was the first time in a half century that they had been so close and had enough time to look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/it-was-the-first-time-in-a-half-century-that-they-had-been-so-close/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_ageless-love_it-was-the-first-time-in-a-half-century_1298261.jpg)

> [“There shall be no more death, Because we have already seen all that, Its old and we are tired of it, And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-pasternak/there-shall-be-no-more-death-because-we-have-already-seen-all-that/)

[Boris Pasternak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-pasternak/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/320/boris-pasternak-1944_death_there-shall-be-no-more-death-because-we_1661441.png)

> [If you think I'm a drunk, you shoulda seen my old man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-williams/if-you-think-i-m-a-drunk-you-shoulda-seen-my-old-man/)

[Hank Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-williams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/hank-williams-22382_drunk_if-you-think-i-m-a-drunk-you-shoulda-see_1853823.jpg)

> [“I haven’t seen my old friends in a while. Maybe next week I’ll go visit them in the nursing home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-haven-t-seen-my-old-friends-in-a-while-maybe-next-week-i-ll-go/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/jarod-kintz-2_friends_i-haven-t-seen-my-old-friends-in-a-while_2416026.jpg)

> [I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-elroy-flecker/i-have-seen-old-ships-sail-like-swans-asleep/)

[James Elroy Flecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-elroy-flecker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa5/james-elroy-flecker-28113_sail_i-have-seen-old-ships-sail-like-swans-as_2712019.png)

> [Has anyone seen an old man, about yea high, possibly shouting obscenities?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hank-hill/has-anyone-seen-an-old-man-about-yea-high-possibly-shouting/)

[Hank Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hank-hill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/686/hank-hill-20223_old-man_has-anyone-seen-an-old-man-about-yea-hig_2840005.jpg)

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