Aged Quotes

329 Aged quotes by 286 unique authors

There was once a little girl who was so very intelligent that her parents feared that she would die. But an aged aunt, who had… — Edith Wharton
Kings built tombs more splendid than the houses of the living and counted the names of their descent dearer than the names of their sons.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Nothing is really lost or can be lost, No birth, identity, form--no object of the world, Nor life, nor force, nor any visible thing... The… — Nicholas Sparks
Her visits to her former hometown were infrequent and often painful. Pilgrimages fueled by the tepid oxygen of family duty, unease, guilt. The more Esther… — Joyce Carol Oates
The problem in this case was you can't be a middle-aged virgin in America without something being wrong with you. People can't conceive of a… — Chuck Palahniuk
A middle-aged woman who looked like someone's cleaning lady, a shrieking adolescent lunatic and a talkshow host with an orange face... It didn't add up.… — Nick Hornby
As we grow older we become more conscious of the complexity, incoherence, and unreasonableness of human beings; this indeed is the only excuse that offers… — W. Somerset Maugham
Fennel, which is the spice for Wednesdays, the day of averages, of middle-aged people. . . . Fennel . . . smelling of changes to… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The sun has blessed you," Sarita used to say. "Look how he has left his kisses on your face for all to see and be… — Libba Bray
If she had been left alone she would have gone on, in her own way, enjoying herself thoroughly, until people found one day that she… — Doris Lessing
Abra DeMadrigal didn't look young enough to be my sister anymore. Her sorrow weighed her down and aged her. She was still beautiful, but she… — Alice Hoffman
I asked him if it were a mirage, and he said yes. I said it was a dream, and he agreed, But said it was… — Neil Gaiman
There is a thing called knowledge of the world, which people do not have until they are middle-aged. It is something which cannot be taught… — T.H. White
Grace was one of those types who never changed but only aged and had no apparent expectations or ambitions other than the wish that her… — Candace Bushnell
It was Lisa, aged five, whose mother asked her to thank my wife for the peas we had sent them from our garden. 'I thought… — James Thurber
There's nothing wild about me. I'm a solid middle-aged man." "Except that once a month you turn into a wolf and go tearing around slaughtering… — Cassandra Clare
Relish love in your old age! Aged love is like aged wine; it becomes more satisfying, more refreshing, more valuable, more appreciated and more intoxicating! — Leo Buscaglia
If you're ever feeling a lack of middle-aged white men, just pop into the Capitol. Not so much the House of Representatives, which has a… — James Patterson
Flea-Market vendors are frozen mid-haggle. Middle-aged women are frozen in the middle of their lives. The gavels of frozen judges are frozen between guilt and… — Jonathan Safran Foer
After a childhood of hungering to be an adult, my hunger had passed. Unexpected fates had begun to catch my notice. These middle-aged women seemed… — Lorrie Moore

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