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“I thought you said you were okay with turning forty.”

— Michael Thomas Ford

“The best thing about being 40 is that you can appreciate 25-year-old men more.”

— Colleen McCullough

“I always assume people are my age. So today, all my followers turned 34. Good for some, bad for others.”

— Christopher D. Votey

“Life doesn't begin at forty, it begins when you are no longer afraid to live it.”

— Peggy Randall-Martin

The great comfort of turning forty-nine is the realization that you are now too old to die young.

— Paul Dickson

“Forty seemed about right, and it occurred to me that it's too bad for a fella to die at forty, a real shame. It's…

— Stephen King

“It’s not the specter of aging that haunts me. Rather, it’s the far greater fear of having aged and having nothing to show for…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Most people would take me for over forty.”

— Osamu Dazai

“Embrace old age and enjoy it. Not everyone gets there.”

— Patricia Smith

The great comfort of turning 49 is the realization that you are now too old to die young.

— Paul Dickson

“Because it is so hard, some people wait until they are in their thirties, forties, fifties, or even older before breaking their silence.”

— Erin Merryn

“I have no patience with people who grow old at sixty... Sixty should be the time to start something new, not put your feet…

— Mary Wesley