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Aging Quotes by Doris Lessing
- She was thirty-nine. No, she did not envy her eighteen-year- old self at all. But she did envy, envied every day more bitterly, that young…
- And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a wonderful freedom. It is a positive thing. You…
- The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't…
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- Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
- Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and… — Francis Bacon
- Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
- A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. — John Barrymore
- It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms… — Simone de Beauvoir
- Hell of a thing when a man's got good health, plenty of money and absolutely nothing to do. — Harrison Ford
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe
- I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. — Margaret Atwood