May Sarton Quotes About Old Age
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Growing old is, of all things we experience, that which takes the most courage, and at a time when we have the least resources, especially with which to meet frustration.
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It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.
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[In old age] there is a childlike innocence, often, that has nothing to do with the childishness of senility. The moments become precious . . .
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One of the good elements of old age is that we no longer have to prove anything, to ourselves or to anyone else. We are what we are.
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For inside all the weakness of old age, the spirit, God knows, is as mercurial as it ever was.
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I suppose real old age begins when one looks backward rather than forward
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The trouble is, old age is not interesting until one gets there. It's a foreign country with an unknown language to the young and even to the middle-aged.
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Old age is not an illness, it is a timeless ascent. As power diminishes, we grow toward the light.
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