Quotes about Middle age

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I became quietly seized with that nostalgia that overcomes you when you have reached the middle of your life and your fa — Bill Bryson, The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
With regard to things such as independence, mental capabilities, and sexuality, a very old man is nothing but a gigantic — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Just as in the second part of a verse bad poets seek a thought to fit their rhyme, so in the second half of their lives — Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human
In the Middle Ages, cathedrals and convents burned like tinder; imagining a medieval story without a fire is like imagin — Umberto Eco, Postscript to the Name of the Rose
There once was a time when all people believed in God and the church ruled. This time was called the Dark Ages. — Richard Lederer, Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults Upon Our Language
Spirituality can go hand-in-hand with ruthless single-mindedness when the individual is convinced his cause is just — Michela Wrong, In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo
Eve still marveled on a daily basis at the speed with which her own life had changed. A year ago, she'd been lost and fl — Tom Perrotta, Mrs. Fletcher
I just wish moments weren’t so fleeting!' Isaac called to the man on the roof, 'They pass so quickly!' 'Fleeting?!' resp — Roman Payne, Hope and Despair
Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again. Most of us adults — Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The quest of the Inner Ring will break your hearts unless you break it. But if you break it, a surprising result will fo — C.S. Lewis
As far as I’m concerned, the only thing sweeter than seeing a friend is that friend canceling on me. — Maria Semple, Today Will Be Different
Those darling byegone times, Mr Carker,' said Cleopatra, 'with their delicious fortresses, and their dear old dungeons, — Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
...Prophecy is like a treacherous woman. She takes your member in her mouth, and you moan with the pleasure of it and th — George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows
You’re young, and like anything new. It’s change you want. I’m middle-aged, and there’s nothing staler to me than change — John Davidson
Those who like to interpret historical facts symbolically may recognize in this the spirit of a specifically "modern" co — Erwin Panofsky, Meaning in the Visual Arts
What I want to know is, in the Middle Ages, did they do anything for Housemaid's Knee? What did they put in their hot ba — H.G. Wells, Tono-Bungay
we refer to the Middle Ages as ages of faith; a time in which men believed a heavenly Jerusalem above the sky much as th — Jocelyn Gibb, Light on C. S. Lewis
The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts. — Núria Añó
Maybe marriages are best in middle age. When all the nonsense falls away and you realize you have to love one another be — Erica Jong, Fear of Flying
The day will come when you need them to respect you, even fear you a little. Laughter is poison to fear. — George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones