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“I think it is a medically proven fact that the older one gets, the more quick one is two spots conspiracies. Skulduggery. Cloak and dagger stuff.”

Book:Hart's War

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Hart's War

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John Katzenbach

John Katzenbach is an American author known for his suspense novels. His works often revolve around complex psychological and moral dilemmas, which have won him a dedicated readership. more

“But something about this new philosophy of old age does not sit right with me, I suspect that if I were to take this popularly accepted route, I would miss out on something deeply significant. … I am seriously concerned that on that route I would miss for eternity ever simply being authentically and contentedly old.”

Age

Book:Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life

Source: Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life

“The spirit has not got an age always a teenager.”

Age Spirit Teenager Always

Author:Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“His youth had scarcely melted into manhood”

Age Youth

Book:A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass

Source: A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass

“People say that age brings wisdom, but for most of us that really isn't true, when we get old we've just accumulated more experiences, good and bad. The result is more likely to be cynicism than wisdom. When we're young we know nothing about all the very worst that can hit us, which is just as well, because otherwise we'd never leave the house. And we would definitely never let go of those we love.”

Wisdom Age Loss

Book:The Winners

Source: The Winners

“I have nevertheless reached the age where life, for every man, is accepted defeat.”

Age

Book:Memoirs of Hadrian

Source: Memoirs of Hadrian

“DID is understood as a developmental failure by a traumatized child - younger than age 5-6 to establish a unified sense of self across states and contexts. Repeated severe traumatic experiences, primarily at the hands of caregivers, disrupt unification of self through the creation of extreme states.”

Age Dissociative Identity Disorder Childhood Abuse Dissociative Disorder Childhood Traum

Author:Frank W. Putnam

“Laughter, happiness, and joy. These might sound like simple things, but don’t underestimate their power to bring life and light to all around you.”

Life Light Happiness Joy Power Laughter Positivity Simple Things Bear Grylls Soulfuel

Book:Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

Source: Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“And on that subject why was it that the smartest people mostly missed that point? By nature all people are of both sexes. So that marriage and the bed is not all by any means. The proof? Real youth and old age. Because often old men's voices grow high and reedy and they take on a mincing walk. And old women sometimes grow fat and their voices get rough and deep and they grow dark little mustaches. And he even proved it himself—the part of him that sometimes almost wished he was a mother and that Mick and Baby were his kids.”

Age Gender Coming Of Age Queer

Book:The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Source: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

“Maybe it's still a bit of an affront to people, to fail to abide by the old clock of life.”

Age Aging

Book:The Dying Animal

Source: The Dying Animal

“And now I wonder what the old man remembers about her these days. Maybe nothing. Maybe silence has cured him of memory . Maybe there's an absolute vacuum in the anathema of age”

Age Memory

Book:Songdogs

Source: Songdogs

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