Quote by Anne Tyler
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Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine – what it does to people, how it can constitute a plot all on its own. So naturally, I am interested in old age. – Anne Tyler

Other quotes by Anne Tyler

My family can always tell when Im well into a novel because the meals get very crummy. – Anne Tyler

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Family
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For my own family, I would always choose the makeshift, surrogate family formed by various characters unrelated by blood. – Anne Tyler

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Family
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The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest. – Anne Tyler

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It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years. – Tom Lehrer

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Age

Every man over forty is a scoundrel. – George Bernard Shaw

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Age

At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life. – Jessica Lange

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Age

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. – Dale Carnegie

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Age

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You can do a lot for your diet by eliminating foods that have mascots. – Ted Spiker

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