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Robin Marantz Henig has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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As the brain matures, one thing that happens is the pruning of the synapses. Synaptic pruning does not occur willy-nilly; it depends…
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The limbic system explodes during puberty, but the prefrontal cortex keeps maturing for another 10 years.
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The 20s are like the stem cell of human development: the pluripotent moment when any of several outcomes is possible. Decisions and…
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I regret not working harder to create true friendships with other couples, not seeking out people with whom to go do things…
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Even though loneliness affects so many of us, it has gotten scant research attention compared to related conditions like depression or anxiety.
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When my husband and I were in our twenties, we thought it would be fun to take up cross-country skiing as a…
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Elderly parents tend to think their relationship with their middle-aged children is smoother than the children do. Adult grandchildren, who have little…
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Regret is a bitter emotion, so painful that the urge to avoid it often drives decision-making strategies.
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The tenuousness of modern life can make anyone feel overwrought.
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Some people, no matter how robust their stock portfolios or how healthy their children, are always mentally preparing for doom. They are…
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Anxiety is not fear, exactly, because fear is focused on something right in front of you - a real and objective danger.
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In the modern world, the anxious temperament does offer certain benefits: caution, introspection, the capacity to work alone. These can be adaptive…
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Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we…
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Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world.…
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Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence…
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It's hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live?
— Mignon McLaughlin
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It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it…
— Hector Hugh Munro
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A middle-aged cat will often play as unreservedly as a kitten, though he knows perfectly well it is only a game.
— William Lyon Phelps
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The young man taught all he knew and more; The middle-aged man taught all he knew; The old man taught all that…
— Arnold Ross
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Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman.
— Martha Stewart
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Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
— Hervey Allen
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I'm just happy being dumpy. Dumpy, fat and middle-aged.
— Steven Morrissey
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If you surveyed a hundred typical middle-aged Americans, I bet you'd find that only two of them could tell you their blood…
— Dave Barry
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I suppose middle-aged love is interesting for middle-aged people.
— Phyllis Logan
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