“It goes against an artist's grain to retire. But whether he retires or not, he will age... What work will get done in the remaining time? ...Can he find a little peace in this twilight? Or must he still rush on, restlessly and hungrily, to the very end?” LittlesStillsEndsDoneAgeArtistRetiringTwilightGrain Author:Eric Maisel
“It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but only retire a little from sight and afterward return again.” WorldLittlesSoulDeathDiesSecretReturnAll ThingsSightLife And DeathRetiringReincarnationIncarnationAbodeBeautiful Death Book:The Annotated Emerson Source: The Annotated Emerson
“How strange it is, our little procession of life! The child says, "When I am a big boy." But what is that? The big boy says, "When I grow up." And then, grown up, he says, "When I get married." But to be married, what is that after all? The thought changes to "When I'm able to retire." And then, when retirement comes, he looks back over the landscape traversed; a cold wind seems to sweep over it; somehow he has missed it all, and it is gone.” LifeLooksChildrenLittlesBigsSeemsAbleGrowsBoysGoneGrowing UpStrangeWindColdMarriedLandscapeOver ItRetirementRetiringBeing MarriedProcessionCold Wind Book:Feast of Stephen Source: Feast of Stephen