“The whole thrust of science and the medical profession is to try and prevent it from happening, to try to prolong life, to keep you from dying, to keep you from getting older, to rejuvenate you. I mean, that's everybody's wish. The fountain of youth is everybody's sought-after thing.” TryingMeanWholeWishDyingYouthHappeningsProfessionMedicalFountainGetting OldGetting OlderLong LifeThrustMedical ProfessionFountain Of Youth Author:Woody Allen
“When you're coming up with different ways of getting old memories to transform - you're scratching, you're doing all this kind of sampling - what ends up happening is that you're becoming a kind of writer with sound.” WayKindDifferentEndsSoundMemoriesBecomingHappeningsDifferent WaysGetting OldSamplingOld Memories Author:DJ Spooky
“And in some of the houses, people were getting old and sick and were dying, leaving others to grieve. It was happening all the time, unnoticed, and it was the thing that really mattered. What really mattered in life, what gave it weight, was death.” PeopleHouseDyingHappeningsSickWeightLeavingGrievingGetting OldUnnoticed Book:Middlesex: A Novel Source: Middlesex: A Novel
“I was thinking how amazing it was that the world contained so many lives. Out in these streets people were embroiled in a thousand different matters, money problems, love problems, school problems. People were falling in love, getting married, going to drug rehab, learning how to ice-skate, getting bifocals, studying for exams, trying on clothes, getting their hair-cut and getting born. And in some houses people were getting old and sick and were dying, leaving others to grieve. It was happening all the time, unnoticed, and it was the thing that really mattered.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingDifferentMatterProblemSchoolFallHouseBornStudyCuttingStreetsDyingHairDrugThousandMarriedClothesHappeningsSickFalling In LoveLeavingIceGrievingGetting OldGetting MarriedExamUnnoticedRehabSkatesHair CutMoney ProblemThese StreetsBifocalsProblems Love Author:Jeffrey Eugenides