Foster-home Quote by Seanan McGuire

“When we were young, we thought life would either last forever, or that we were going to die at any second. Everything changed, and…

— Starlight Tucker

“It’s not that we grow old, I thought, but that we grow old in decline and discomfort, and these hardships are made worse by…

— Thomas H. Cook

“When Father brought us here to see Mother all those years ago, he told us that she wouldn't leave our minds, that she would…

— Sarah Schmidt

“So weak, so little left, time running out. I will be robbed of my old age. I try not to feel bitter about it,…

— Paul Auster

“Once you get as old as us, you have to keep moving.  When you stop moving, that’s when you die.”

— Brian Harmon

“Growing old does not make us any better at loving one another or understanding the meaning of life or death. Nor does knowledge come…

— Kyung-sook Shin

“It’s a pity we cannot put an old head on young shoulders, or you could be wise, too. But someday you will understand that…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Even more terrible, as we grow older, to learn that no person, no matter how beloved, can ever truly understand us.”

— Donna Tartt

“We're all going to get old one day. So let's just love the age we've got and let's not crave the age we're not.…

— Neil Pasricha

“That is how it goes. We are born. We live. We grow old. We die.”

— Stieg Larsson

“Too many years fighting back tears. Why can't the past just die? Wishing you were somehow here again, knowing we must say goodbye. Try…

— Charles Hart

“I saw that they wanted to kill the past. When we are old, we let it die; when we are young and strong, we…

— Henri Barbusse