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Growing Old Quotes (page 8)

Feelings do not grow old along with the body. Feelings form part of a world I don’t know, but it’s a world where there’s no time, so space, no frontiers. Paulo Coelho
Samuel Beckett quote: "We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But..."
We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener. Samuel Beckett
But I, alas, do not know how to see sheep through the walls of boxes. Perhaps I am a little like the grown-ups. I have had to grow old. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
From his shoulder on down, the Rat felt the supple weight of her body. An odd sensation, that weight. This being that could love a man, bear children, grow old, and die; to think one whole existence was in this weight. Haruki Murakami
...today he felt life, youth, people slipping away from him, without being able to hold on to any of them, left with the blind hope that this obscure force that for so many years had raised him above the daily routine, nourished him unstintingly, and been equal to the most difficult circumstances--that, as it had with endless generosity given him reason to live, it would also give him reason to grow old and die without rebellion. Albert Camus
Jeanne, I fell asleep among the paintings, where I could sit for many days worshipping your portrait. I fell in love with your portrait, Jeanne, because it will never change. I have such a fear of seeing you grow old, Jeanne, I fell in love with an unchanging you that will never be taken away from me. I was wishing you would die, so that no one could take you away from me, and I would love the painting of you as you would look eternally. Anais Nin
Roger Moore quote: "You can either grow old gracefully or begrudgingly. I chose both."
You can either grow old gracefully or begrudgingly. I chose both. Roger Moore
Herman Melville quote: "To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one..."
To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. Herman Melville
Victor Hugo quote: "Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking..."
Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old. Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo quote: "The wise man does not grow old, but ripens."
The wise man does not grow old, but ripens. Victor Hugo
I had assumed that I would age with all my friends growing old around me, dying off very gradually one by one. And here was a plague that cut them off so early. Thom Gunn
A friend of mine had his own theater company, and he jumped me in like I was in a gang. And once I came in, it was just that simple. For the first time in my life, I felt, 'This is a career, this is a life that I think I can grow old doing.' It was love at first sight. I loved being on stage and reading these plays. It was great. David Alan Grier
I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young. Amy Grant
Billy Graham quote: "All my life I've been taught how to die, but no one ever..."
All my life I've been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old. Billy Graham
James A. Garfield quote: "If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be..."
If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old. James A. Garfield

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