"To grow old is to lose everything. Aging, everybody knows it. Even when we are young, we glimpse it sometimes, and nod our heads when a grandfather dies. Then we row for years on the midsummer pond, ignorant and content."

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Source : Donald Hall (2015). “The Selected Poems of Donald Hall”, p.133, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Donald Hall

#Years Quotes #Ignorant Quotes #Grandfather Quotes

“Work for the fun of it, and the money will arrive some day.”
“Talk less, but with more awareness. Every word you use, use purposefully.”
“All who die by the way, whether by land or by sea, or in battle against the pagans, shall have immediate remission of sins. This I grant them through the power of God with which I am invested....”
“Take my heart with you, baby girl. It follows youâ€¦.always...”
“History is written by the winners. The books say the Indians were bad guys and the whites just needed a little land. It's like, Excuse me, let me take your car. I'm discovering it. I'm putting my flag on your windshield.”
“How many physicians, scientists, teachers, pastors, missionaries, statesmen, musicians, businessmen, and notable contributors to society have been murdered in the womb?”
“The task of evangelism often involves preparing an open road so offenders can find their refuge in Christ.”
“An attempt to write nothing but characterization will soon bog down; I for one don't want to have somebody tell me about someone else.”

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