Age Quote by Ann Wroe

“At what age , he wonders, did Origen castrate himself? Not the most graceful solution, but then ageing is not a graceful bussines.”

— J.M. Coetzee

“A precious mouldering pleasure 't is To meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege, I think, His venerable…

— Emily Dickinson

“He fills my head with tales from the ancient forests, tales so old that the trees themselves call them legends. It is as if…

— Maryrose Wood

“A legend is who we become for a specific point in time.”

— Khalid Muhammad

“He wanted the old Cleo back. His Cleo. That overawed girl who had danced with him in Paris not so long ago and gazed…

— Caitlin Crews

“It had not occurred to him how he must appear to an outsider, to the world. For a moment he saw himself as he…

— John Williams

“Everywhere that we looked, were objects & artifacts reminiscent of a bygone age. of war & destruction, of mankind's determination to rule his neighbour,…

— Rob Shepherd

“His speech is low and rapid, his manner assured; he is at home in courtroom or waterfront, bishop’s palace or inn yard. He can…

— Hilary Mantel

“He was thirty-six years old, and six foot three. He spoke English to people and French to cats, and Latin to the birds. He…

— Katherine Rundell

“For he had acquired a lore in his youth which taught him ever to avoid the aged when merry plans were afoot; for the…

— Lord Dunsany

“I thought, too, about time. How fleet it is, and how certain, and like death how indifferent to our commentary upon it. Once not…

— Charles Finch

“He reasoned, even as a young man, that traditions may linger as he walked though the oracles of time. In later years he thought…

— Andrew Coster