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Quotes About Age

Whether a man is twenty or seventy, therefore, his preferred age for a new partner is about twenty, or even younger.
~ Robin Baker
Forgive me,' the woman says. 'I think I've interrupted you in a private moment.' 'Well,' I reply, instead of yelling something to the effect of :'No kidding lady, I'm in the bathroom!' 'Were you praying?' she asks. 'Sort of.' 'That's what I thought,' the woman says with a nod, 'which is why I spoke up. I like the idea of answering prayers,' she says. 'Plus, I figure I'm so old, I could have been God's babysitter.
~ Robin Epstein
Fate rushes down upon us! The time drags and the days plod past, lulling us into thinking that the doom we fear will always so delay. Then, abruptly, the dark days we have all predicted are upon us, and the time when we could have turned dire fate aside has passed. How old must I be before I learn? There is no time; there is never any time. Tomorrow may never come, but todays are linked inexorably in a chain, and now is always the only time we have to divert disaster.
~ Robin Hobb
I was thirty-five that year. When I was twenty, I would have considered a man of my current age to be teetering on the verge of dotage. These days, it seemed neither young nor old to me, but a suspension between the two.
~ Robin Hobb
Work, the old people say, keeps a man young. But perhaps that is something old folk say just because they know they must go on working.
~ Robin Hobb
I'm too old to do this sort of thing anymore. No. You only wish you were.
~ Robin Hobb
I felt suddenly old, and hastily entered Chade's chambers to remind myself that he was much older than I was.
~ Robin Hobb
Fate rushes down upon us! The time drags and the days plod past, lulling us into thinking that the doom we fear will always so delay. Then, abruptly, the dark days we have all predicted are upon us, and the time when we could have turned dire fate aside has passed. How old must I be before I learn? There is no time; there is never any time. Tomorrow may never come, but todays are inexorably linked in a chain, and now is always the only time we have to divert disaster.
~ Robin Hobb
I'm too old to be doing this anymore." He repeated his favorite complaint. "No. You're not. You'll only be old when you try to stop doing this
~ Robin Hobb
We cannot put old heads on young shoulders.
~ Robin Hobb
Naturalist E. O. Wilson writes, "There can be no purpose more inspiring than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us.
~ Robin Wall Kimmerer
The heads of strong old age are beautiful / Beyond all grace of youth
~ Robinson Jeffers
We're adults. I might be a little more of an adult if you're counting years but I bet I have a lower IQ, so that puts us pretty much even.
~ Robyn Carr
I don't get the big deal myself. If you can die for your country at eighteen, why not have a beer?
~ Lisa Gardner
Despite Eleanor being twelve to her husband's twenty-eight, they had begun sleeping together straight away
~ Lisa Hilton
Any man who isn't married by thirty-five is either gay or he's got skeletons in his closet.
~ Lisa Renee Jones
If there is happiness at age three, it will last until you reach eighty.
~ Lisa See
Man becomes wiser and more mature through life experience. The same can be said of tea.
~ Lisa See
You look at me now and see an old face, but once I was beautiful.
~ Lisa See
Si a los tres años eres feliz, serás feliz a los ochenta.»
~ Lisa See
First you were the kid, no one taking you seriously. And then, all of a sudden, people much younger were in positions of authority, and you were supposed to listen to them. It was truly weird.
~ Lisa Unger
God particularly favors older women as channels of divine grace.
~ Liz Curtis Higgs
Don't frown so, you'll look old before your time.
~ Lloyd Alexander
children all received their bicycles at Nine; they were not allowed to ride bicycles before then.
~ Lois Lowry