“The encrusted habits of long and self-indulgent bachelorhood were reasserting themselves. [Edgar Hopkins]” HabitsBachelorhoodMiddle Aged Men Author:R. C. Sherriff
“Perhaps 'defective' is a middle-aged person's default setting. Like the life cycle of a pear we go unripe, unripe, ripe, off. Except the men I meet seem to go adolescent, adolescent, adolescent, old, with no ripe bit, no wise bit, no emotional maturity before they wither.” Middle AgedLife CycleMiddle Aged WomenMiddle Aged MenDefective HumansAdolescent Society Book:To Throw Away Unopened Source: To Throw Away Unopened
“These old women gossips quite forgot how charming certain middle-aged men had appeared when they were girls; those recollections having been effaced by more recent memories of how middle-aged men had appeared when they themselves were middle-aged.” LoveMiddle AgeAge GapMiddle Aged WomenMiddle Aged Men Book:The Store Source: The Store
“Nothing is more irritating to a middle-aged man than the dislocation of long-established habits. [Edgar Hopkins]” HabitsDisruptionsMiddle Aged Men Author:R. C. Sherriff