Alive Quote by Rhoda Broughton
![“O, what shall I be at fifty, If I am then alive, I find the world so bitter, When I am but twenty-five?’[236]” quote by Rhoda Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/337/rhoda-broughton-25508_alive_o-what-shall-i-be-at-fifty-if-i-am-then_2893449.jpg)
““O, what shall I be at fifty, If I am then alive, I find the world so bitter, When I am but twenty-five?’[236]””
About This Quote
Source Novel: A Woman’s Reason, Rhoda Broughton, 1885
Contemplating aging, the speaker fears bitterness if life continues beyond youth.
In simple terms: Fear of aging’s bitterness.
Key Takeaway
Embrace each age.
Themes
aging
existential dread
self‑reflection
Mood
melancholic
thoughtful
Type
literary
philosophical
When to use this quote
- career planning
- retirement
- health care
Key Concepts
mortality
life stages
Questions to Reflect On
- How do you view your future self?
- What can you do now to reduce future regret?
A Different Perspective
Aging can also bring wisdom, not just bitterness.
![“Beauty is a fading flower;”[3] and, applied particularly to woman’s loveliness, there is none more favourite among that bundle of dull platitudes, of insipid, trite commonplaces which enrol themselves under the head of moral maxims. Of course it is true—tiresomely, provokingly, heart-breakingly…” quote by Rhoda Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/16a/rhoda-broughton-25508_beauty_beauty-is-a-fading-flower-3-and-applied_371805.jpg)
![“To how few people a premonition of what is going to happen to them, either of sweet or sour, is vouchsafed! Is it a blessing or a curse? A blessing, I suppose, on the principle of “whatever is, is right”[376]—-a blessing even apart from that doctrine, I think. Would the delight of gloating over…” quote by Rhoda Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3d3/rhoda-broughton-25508_blessings_to-how-few-people-a-premonition-of-what_666590.jpg)
