Forty Quote by Jane Rule

I've always been frightened of turning thirty.

— Emily Atack

Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life.

— Brit Marling

I thought, 'If I make 35, it'll be okay,' and then at 40, I got scared, and now that I'm 81, I'm scared to death.

— Christopher Plummer

Forty freaked me out. I didn't see it coming. My life was in a state of chaos - I was moving jobs and moving…

— Graham Norton

When I was young, I used to be very frightened of getting older and of death. Now, I'm more resigned to the inevitability.

— Jonathan Pryce

I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I…

— Joan of Arc

I was scared to say I was in my 40s because at that point, it sounded really old, and to out myself as a…

— Pamela Druckerman

When I walked out of the seminary, I was 31, but I was like a scared, frightened kid. I had no place to live,…

— John Bradshaw

If you're extremely, painfully frightened of age, it shows.

— Jeanne Moreau

I woke up when I was 14 and went to speak to my mother and scared us both to death.

— Barry White

I thought I was going to die when I was 39.

— Amy Sherald

I was scared of the devil starting around age nine. Before that, I was gathering every family member in the living room, slipping a…

— Perfume Genius