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Lord save us all from old age and broken health and a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. – Mark Twain, letter to Joe Goodman, April 1891

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One evil in old age is, that as your time is come, you think every little illness is the beginning of the end. When a man expects to be arrested, every knock at the door is an alarm. – Sydney Smith, letter to Robert Wilmot-Horton, 1836 February 8th

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It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people. – Julie Walters

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There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. – John Mortimer

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Sally Field looks amazing in general, never mind her age! Shes a phenomenally talented actress and has had a career spanning so many decades. – Alison Sweeney

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What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of ones faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of ones memories. – W. Somerset Maugham

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We were talking about the space between us all and the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion. Never glimpse the truth – then its far too late when they pass away. – George Harrison

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All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurants revolving door. – Albert Camus

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Secrecy is the element of all goodness even virtue, even beauty is mysterious. – Thomas Carlyle

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