"More and more, he heard his spine playing stick games through his skin, singing old dusty words, the words of all his years."

Aging, Memory, Body, Time, Voice

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"More and more, he heard his spine playing stick games through his skin, singing old dusty words, the words of all his years."

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"Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good."

Jim Butcher, American Author

Aging, Time, Humor, Reflection

"Lines and greyness are nature's way of telling you not to fuck with someone - the equivalent of yellow and black lines on a wasp, or the markings on the back of a black widow spider."

Caitlin Moran, British Journalist

Aging, Warning, Survival, Nature

"When you're twenty-one, life is a roadmap. It's only when you get to twenty-five or so that you begin to suspect you've been looking at the map upside down, and not until you're forty are you entirely sure. By the time you're sixty, take it from me, you're fucking lost."

Stephen King, American Author

Aging, Truth, Power, Regret, Today

"Growing older is certain, growing wiser is harder and optional."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Aging, Wisdom, Life, Choice

"When we age we shed many skins: ego, arrognace, dominance, self-opionated, unreliable, pessimism, rudeness, selfish, uncaring ... Wow, it's good to be old!"

Stephen Richards, British Author

Aging, Age, Skins, Shedding, Growth

"When you start believing that you are too old to enjoy something, you lose so much joy in your life."

Avina Celeste, American Writer

Aging, Joy, Limitation, Mindset

"One of the shocks of a 50th birthday is realizing the fundamental fact that your youth is irrevocably over."

Marianne Williamson, American Author

Aging, Reality, Acceptance, Reflection

"Growing older is a precious commodity. Only a few can endure to achieve that distinguished distinction and quality."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Growing old is humbling and it takes effort to accomplish this stage of life with dignity."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

Aging, Dignity, Humility, Effort

"As you get older; you've probably noticed that you tend to forget things. You'll be talking with somebody at a party, and you'll know that you know this person, but no matter how hard you try, you can't remember his or her name. This can be very embarassing, especially if he or she turns out to be your spouse."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

Aging, Memory, Embarrassment, Marriage

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"Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good."

"Lines and greyness are nature's way of telling you not to fuck with someone - the equivalent of yellow and black lines on a wasp, or the markings on the back of a black widow spider."

"When you're twenty-one, life is a roadmap. It's only when you get to twenty-five or so that you begin to suspect you've been looking at the map upside down, and not until you're forty are you entirely sure. By the time you're sixty, take it from me, you're fucking lost."

"Growing older is certain, growing wiser is harder and optional."

"When we age we shed many skins: ego, arrognace, dominance, self-opionated, unreliable, pessimism, rudeness, selfish, uncaring ... Wow, it's good to be old!"

"When you start believing that you are too old to enjoy something, you lose so much joy in your life."

"One of the shocks of a 50th birthday is realizing the fundamental fact that your youth is irrevocably over."

"Growing older is a precious commodity. Only a few can endure to achieve that distinguished distinction and quality."

"Growing old is humbling and it takes effort to accomplish this stage of life with dignity."

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"My father was sleepless most of his life. So by the age of five, I was awake with him all night long, watching bad television or we'd lie in the same bed, and I'd read my comic books while he read his latest spy or mystery novel."

"I didn't yet know that romantic heroes-famous and not-are usually aimless nomads in disguise."

"Great pain is repetitive. Grief is repetitive."

"Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads."