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“Growing up means letting go of the dearest megalomaniacal dreams of our childhood. Growing up means knowing they can't be fulfilled. Growing up means gaining the wisdom and the skills to get what we want within the limitations imposed by reality - a reality which consists of diminished powers, restricted freedoms and, with the people we love, imperfect connections.”

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Judith Viorst

Judith Viorst is an American author known for her humor and insightful writing. Born on February 2, 1931, her works span across children's literature, adult fiction, and poetry, with a particular talent for depicting life from a child's perspective. more

“Now, as I move through my fifties, I can be professional and domestic, creative and intellectual, patient and urgent. I have learned that we should never settle for someone else's definition of who we can be. Growing to this age, I realize, is kind of like feeling your voice deepen. It's still your voice, but it has more substance, and it sounds like it knows its own origins.”

Knows Should Kind Stills I Can Feelings Age Moving Sound Voice Realizing Creative Growing Intellectual Aging Patient Definitions Substance Settling I Have Learned Urgent Never Settle

Author:Susan Sarandon

“I take comfort that aging happens to everybody. It's part of life. Aging offers great lessons in dignity, since the indignity wins in the end. Yes, it bothers me when I have lines or puffiness or droops. But it connects me with the human race. Like weather bringing people together, aging brings people together.”

People Humans Ends Happens Together Winning Lines Race Comfort Lessons Offers Dignity Aging Weather Bother Human Race Parts Of Life Indignity

Author:Diane Lane

“You grow. You don't want to stay the same. The thing that was great for you before isn't going to be great for you now. A woman should have many faces through her life, not just one face, not just one hairdo, not just one way. You want to keep rediscovering what's fun for you.”

Way Want Should Faces Fun Grows Should Have Aging One Way Just One Hairdos Many Faces

Author:Sharon Stone

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