The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your read more

The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

Old age needs so little but needs that little so much.

Old age needs so little but needs that little so much.

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden read more

If you associate enough with older people who do enjoy their lives, who are not stored away in any golden ghettos, you will gain a sense of continuity and of the possibility for a full life.

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set read more

It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again.

Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there's nothing you can do.

Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there's nothing you can do.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

The trick is growing up without growing old.

The trick is growing up without growing old.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.

Old age is fifteen years older than I am.