“Ancient peoples invented rites of passage in part to break the spell of childhood and move the initiate from the mother’s lap to the lap of the world. To this day, a person must dismantle the spell of childhood or fail to find their place in life.” – Michael Meade
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“If you haven’t found something strange during the day, it hasn’t been much of a day.” – John A. Wheeler
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“If I could just find the time, then I would never let another day go by. I’m over getting old!”
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“Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.” – Terry Pratchett
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“It is not how old you are, but how you are old.” – ]ules Renard
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“You’ll fight with your best friend. You’ll blame a new love for things an old one did. You’ll cry because time is passing too fast, and you’ll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you’ve never been hurt. Because every sixty seconds you spend angry or upset is a minute of […]
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“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.” – Madeleine L’Engle
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“Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt […]
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“Nostalgia is heroin for old people.” – Dara O’Briain
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“In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose.” – Anne Sophie Swetchine
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