"the country of the aged is a land few people think very hard and seriously about before the time of life when they sense that they're arriving there. Somehow, throughout much of life, being old seems to be something that happens to other people."

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Source : Maggie Scarf (1980). “Unfinished business: pressure points in the lives of women”, Doubleday Books

Maggie Scarf

#Country Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Land Quotes

“I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter Sellers, who is still probably my favourite comedian.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Unborn children can experience pain even more so than adults as the baby has more pain receptors per square inch than at any other time in its life.”
“Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.”
“No, come to think of it, I don't think the Cure will end, but I can make up an ending if you want me to.”
“Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident the art of losing's not too hard to master though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.”
“Actually, the New Deal's central dedication was to business recovery rather than social reform.”
“You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments to mirth and joyousness in the land of Fancy; you who think that life hath not to do with innocent laughter that can harm no one; these pages are not for you.”

Source : Howard Pyle (2015). “The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood”, p.7, First Avenue Editions
“Humility and Gratitude are the twin characteristics of happiness.”

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