Quotes from David Solie

Age is an opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress.

the behavior we see as "diminished" in elderly parents, clients, and friends actually exists to do a very specific developmental job.

Seniors in turn don't benefit from our ability to help them with their end-of-life tasks. They become developmental orphans, and their search for legacy, which must be helped along by caring younger adults, doesn't take place.

When we start to realize that we're not going to be here forever, we become aware that it's not clear what it meant to be here at all.

If we don't resolve the key issues at each stage, we may get stuck and be considered immature by our peers.

propel them backward, not forward, to reflect on what their lives have meant—to themselves, their loved ones, and the world at large.