141 Quotes About Growing-old

"We only knew each other for a day or so, but how many good days do we really have, you know?"

"He wondered, with some annoyance, whether he would finally learn what he wanted to know, or if he would have in the end to content himself with what he already knew. He felt that, at his age, patience was ceasing to be a virtue and was becoming a luxury he could less and less afford."

"Sobran wondered whether the angel was trying to follow his feelings about age or those of humans in general. He felt that he had to get his answer right, so he thought for a time before he told Xas, "It's as if I can no longer fit the space I've made for myself in the world. Yes--I've shrunk inside the space I've made."

"We knew it was only a moment. Our days of cool were numbered. Even when we were in it, right now was already gone.We didn’t know what it would be. Maybe a man. A baby. A death. What we knew was that soon, we’d pass thirty and get wrapped up in dull, adult things with no time or energy leftover to work at being cool.Just like that. Whoosh. Zoom. It’s over, and we’re here. From past to present."

"Time is unkind to all of us, but it is particularly sadistic to women. A man’s physical prowess may dwindle with time, but he has compensations: stature, wealth, eminence. Men grow distinguished while women simply grow old."

"And we'll act like some people mean nothing to us, but we don't live very long. When you get older, you'll see: a week with someone is enough to cry about for a lifetime."

"Mother's gone so who can I cry to about you? There’s no one else alive. I have no one to tell me how I was as a child. Was I really one?"

"I wear my wrinkles like battle scars, having earned every last one slaying life’s dragons. They boast of my victories and some defeats while their beauty is a wealth of wisdom gained."

"Aging is not our fault, but we certainly are guilty of feeling it."