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“Old age isn’t a battle; old age is a massacre.”
Phillip Roth

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Madeleine L'Engle

Author

"The great thing about getting older is
that you don't lose all the other ages
you've been."

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Robert Frost

American Poet

"The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected."

  • You become invisible to those less than half your age.
  • You become an omen to those who see their own age approaching yours.
  • You become the future they don’t want to look at directly.
  • You become proof that time does not negotiate.
  • You become both the warning and the destination.
  • You become the unwelcome arithmetic they avoid doing.
  • You become a quiet celebration of every year that taught you how to truly live.
  • You become a beacon to those who see their age approaching yours…

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