Life and living Quote by Colum McCann

“Her old body against his old body, unbeautiful in aging. But together, they were still beautiful, somehow.”

— Lauren Groff

“There were different ways of growing old, perhaps. Some withered first in body, others in mind, yet others in soul.”

— Elif Shafak

“...they were too young then to know what they would ultimately need from a barren and heart-sore life...”

— Frank O'Hara

“Oh, who could have foretold That the heart grows old?”

— W.B. Yeats

“She felt that it was only her body that was getting old. Inside she had always been the same young girl.”

— Jostein Gaarder

“The human heart, no matter what age, will only open to the heart that opens in return.”

— Julie Klassen

“Good thing I'm aging, otherwise I'd be dead.”

— Ana Monnar

“Now they were old. Old enough. A viable, die-able age.”

— Arundhati Roy

“Her grandmother had said once that she felt it was only her body that was old. Inside she had always been the same young…

— Jostein Gaarder

“He lived in it helplessly as we live in our bodies when we are older.”

— James Salter

“Though my body gets older, I still commune with the child inside.”

— Lorin Morgan-Richards

“No matter how much our bodies may age, the heart never grows old.”

— Jo Maeder