Five for Five: Age (in Quotes)

I seem to have misplaced my inspiration somewhere, so I did what I usually do on such an occasion – looked for it in books. 

In no particular order, here are some of my favourite quotes about age:

“I don’t believe in aging. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun.”

– Virginia Woolf

“There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments and most of the time we are ageless.”

– Milan Kundera

“Age isn’t how old you are but how old you feel.”

– Gabriel García Márquez, Memories of My Melancholy Whores

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”

– Mark Twain

“None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”

– Henry David Thoreau

I agree with these. You? 

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