“The Synod of Bishops has existed for forty years. In that long span of time it has been for all of us a good school for introducing us to the universal dimension of the Church.” YearsLongHas BeensSchoolChurchUniversalDimensionsFortyIntroducingBishopsGood School Author:Karl Lehmann
“I've become a collector of stories about unlikely returns: the sudden reappearance of the long-lost son, the father found, the lovers reunited after forty years. Once in awhile, a letter does fall behind a post office desk and lie there for years before it's finally discovered and delivered to the rightful address. The seemingly brain-dead sometimes wake up and start talking. I'm always on the lookout for proof that what is done can sometimes be undone.” YearsLongDoeSometimesDoneStoriesLyingFallFoundFatherLostBehindsBrainTalkingSonReturnLoversOfficeLettersWake UpProofPostsAddressesFortyDesksUnlikelyUndoneCollectorsPost OfficeReunitedBrain DeadOffice Desk Book:The Age of Miracles Source: The Age of Miracles
“When one woman was asked how long she had been going to symphony concerts, she paused to calculate and replied, 'Forty-seven years - and I find I mind it less and less.” YearsMindLongSevenFortyConcertsSeven YearsSymphonyOne Woman Author:Louise Andrews Kent
“Has the gift of laughter been withdrawn from me? I protest that I do still, at the age of forty-seven, laugh often and loud and long. But not, I believe, so long and loud and often as in my less smiling youth. And I am proud, nowadays, of laughing, and grateful to any one who makes me laugh. That is a bad sign. I no longer take laughter as a matter of course.” BelieveLongStillsMatterAgeCoursesI BelieveLaughingYouthProudLaughterGratefulSevenLoudFortyProtestMake Me LaughGift Of LaughterLaugh Often Book:The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm Source: The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm