Growing old Quote by Michael Marshall Smith Download Open image ““Growing older, it appears, does not mean growing up.”” — Michael Marshall Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Growing old Growing older
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“Growing up doesn't mean that you are older than someone, it means that you are no longer an amateur.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“One never bothers to think about growing old as one is growing older. Then suddenly it is there, looming in your face.” — Mercedes Lackey Copy Share Image
“When you're finally a grown-up, one of the things you find is that there are no grown-ups.” — Charles Finch Copy Share Image
“As I get older I'm starting to sense that being a grown-up isn't nearly as much fun as children want to believe.” — Wendy Mass Copy Share Image
“I wash with the can of water I set aside the night before, and eat whatever I put next to it. The washing is… — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
You have to accept gifts occasionally, because there are some things you can’t give yourself — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other… — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
“When you’re born a light is switched on, a light which shines up through your life. As you get older the light still reaches… — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
“The mind is like a pool of water, and rain falls as you age. The water gets deeper, and looks so still: occasionally some… — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
When you meet someone you love, then you change for good. That’s why the other person will never know or understand the earlier you,… — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
One of the most subtle and powerful writers of dark fiction - a unique voice. — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
“I caught one last glimpse of her face, howling something at me. There were too many vowels in what she said, and they were… — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
Death is real. Death changes things. Everything else is filler, merely a message from our sponsor. — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
Nobody likes to see a body, but it's better than seeing a ghost. Bodies just make you doubt the world and the people in… — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
“Everyone’s alone in their world, because everybody’s life is different. You can send people letters, and show them photos, but they can never come… — Michael Marshall Smith Copy Share Image
“Prayer of an Anonymous Abbess: Lord, thou knowest better than myself that I am growing older and will soon be old. Keep me from… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The whole idea of it makes me feel Like I’m coming down with something, Something worse than any stomach ache Or the headaches I… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
“What is life? Life - that is: continually shedding something that wants to die. Life - that is: being cruel and inexorable against everything… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“They were people whose lives were slow, who did not see themselves growing old, or falling sick, or dying, but who disappeared little by… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
“Till now they send him dreams and no more deed; So doth he flame again with might for action, Forgetful of the council of… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
M is for the million things she gave me, O means only that she's growing old, T is for the tears she shed to… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
The people I've respected most in the industry over the years - Paul Newman, for instance. I just loved the way he handled growing… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
“The freedom of growing older is that one is no longer obliged to dislike someone simply because they dislike you.” — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
“Sometimes seeing the changes in one another had the opposite effect and actually comforted them. Seeing that they weren’t alone in growing older, they… — Michael Thomas Ford Copy Share Image
