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Florida Scott-Maxwell quotes

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Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting, and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age. To my own surprise I burst out with hot conviction. Only a few years ago I enjoyed my tranquility; now I am so disturbed by the outer world and by human quality in general that I want to put things right, as though I still owed a debt to life. I must calm down. I am far too frail to indulge in moral fervor. Florida Scott-Maxwell
Florida Scott-Maxwell quote: "Life does not accommodate you; it shatters you. Every seed..."
Life does not accommodate you; it shatters you. Every seed destroys its container, or else there would be no fruition. Florida Scott-Maxwell
My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for the kettle to boil. This pleasure is for the old who live alone. Florida Scott-Maxwell
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age. Florida Scott-Maxwell
Florida Scott-Maxwell quote: "No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged..."
No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. Florida Scott-Maxwell
The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being. Florida Scott-Maxwell
Florida Scott-Maxwell quote: "It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the..."
It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty. Florida Scott-Maxwell
Florida Scott-Maxwell quote: "I grow more intense as I age"
I grow more intense as I age Florida Scott-Maxwell
Florida Scott-Maxwell quote: "Difficulties are what makes it honorable and interesting to be..."
Difficulties are what makes it honorable and interesting to be alive. Florida Scott-Maxwell
Florida Scott-Maxwell quote: "Anger must be the evergy that has not yet found its right..."
Anger must be the evergy that has not yet found its right channel."---the Measure of my Days Florida Scott-Maxwell

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