“I think [aging] has nothing to recommend it. You don't gain any wisdom as the years go by. You fall apart, is what happens. People try and put a nice varnish on it, and say, well, you mellow. You come to understand life and accept things. But you'd trade all of that for being 35 again.” PeopleThinkingTryingYearsWellsHappensAgeFallAcceptingNiceGainsTradeAgingOld AgeFalling ApartMellow Author:Woody Allen
“Suicide is what everyone young thinks they'll do before they get old. But they hardly ever get round to it. They just don't want to commit themselves in that way. When you're young and you look ahead, time ends in mist at twenty-five. 'Old won't happen to me', you say. But old does. Oh, old does. Old always gets you in the end.” ThinkingWayWantLooksDoeEndsHappensAgeYoungFiveTwentiesSuicideRoundsCommitOld AgeMistTwenty Five Book:Other people: a mystery story Source: Other people: a mystery story
“the country of the aged is a land few people think very hard and seriously about before the time of life when they sense that they're arriving there. Somehow, throughout much of life, being old seems to be something that happens to other people.” PeopleThinkingCountryHardSeemsHappensAgeLandOld AgeArrivingBeing Old Book:Unfinished business: pressure points in the lives of women Source: Unfinished business: pressure points in the lives of women