“The world is a puzzling place today. All these banks sending us credit cards, with our names on them. Well, we didn't order any credit cards! We don't spend what we don't have. So we just cut them in half and throw them out, just as soon as we open them in the mail. Imagine a bank sending credit cards to two ladies over a hundred years old! What are those folks thinking?” PeopleThinkingWorldYearsWellsTwoTodayOrderNamesHalfCuttingImagineHundredFolksCreditDebtCardsMailOld PeopleCredit CardPuzzling Book:Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Source: Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
“[On her 101-year-old sister and herself, at 103:] We have a lot to do ... People don't understand this. They think we're sitting around in rocking chairs, which isn't at all true. Why, we don't even own a rocking chair.” PeopleThinkingYearsAgeSittingOld AgeChairsSitting AroundRocking Chairs Author:Sarah Louise Delany