Aging Quote by Marilynne Robinson

“Youth, like a flame, burned ever in his breast, and to youth he turned, to the round little limbs, so reckless, that wanted care,…

— John Galsworthy

“The other was small, roundish, and moved with an ungainly restlessness, like a number of elderly squirrels trying to escape from a sack. His…

— Douglas Adams

“Fire curled in the old woman’s hand, bright and hungry as though it could already taste its next victim.”

— Shona Moyce

“Most of being young, she had always thought, was playing a game of elimination with an army of different selves until you settled on…

— Ted Thompson

“The middle age pair lay in bed sans underwear and genetics played out to the fear of all.   She had a hot flash…

— Byron Haskins

“Even the air seemed on fire, subtly aflame with energy as it does when you are young, when the synapses are firing wildly and…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“The cracks in the ground opened wider like hungry mouths with jagged teeth. They were eager for the soul that sat disconnected and unprotected…

— Jessica Marie Gilliland

“My youth was the most stubborn, peremptory part of myself. In my most relaxed moments, it governed my being. It pricked up its ears…

— Susan Choi

“Age was no guide then, nor is it now. The old and the young defy their endings, while others go too soon. Neither is…

— Conn Iggulden

“I nursed that flame as if it were my only son, and all round the ram nineteen other men did likewise.”

— M.C. Scott

“The fire in me was ignited when I was young and has never been extinguished”

— Nate Green

“There was a special exhilaration in the murder of the very young. He licked his lips.”

— Dean Koontz