Old Quotes

“She is
a poem.

She is an old one, a new one,
one waiting to be written.

She is.”
― N'Zuri Za Austin

“This one,' I added with a glare in Rhys's direction, 'is only cranky because he's old and it's past his bedtime.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“So, you're old,' I said. 'And you carry around a sword, and go on border patrol. Did you fight in the war?' Fine- perhaps I hadn't quite let go of my curiousity about his eye.

He winced. 'Shit, Feyre- I'm not that old.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“If our minds have truly improved our conversations would be different from that of old.”
― Seun Ayilara

“music puts me in touch
with life's energy
and death still hanging
like an old crow
on the vines of my mind”
― Hanna Abi Akl, Titans

“Cramped in all kinds of dim cupboards and hutches at Tellson's, the oldest of men carried on the business gravely. When they look a young man into Tellson's London house, they hid him somewhere til he was old. They kept him in a dark place, like a cheese, until he had the full Tellson flavour and blue-mould upon him. Then only was he permitted to be seen, spectacularly poring over large books and casting his breeches and gaiters into the general weight of the establishment.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“Jag tänkte, att om detta och allt annat, som människor hade upprättat på denna jorden, hade fått finnas kvar, så skulle den vara alldeles uppfylld av härlighet. För man ser vid varje steg, som man tar där ute, hur obeskrivligt grant där har varit. Men så kom jag att tänka på att om allt detta hade funnits kvar, så hade vi, som nu levde, ingenting att ta oss till, för då behövdes inte vårt arbete.”
― Selma Lagerlöf, Jerusalem

“After a decade in high altitude professional astronomy, I looked really old and obese in my forties!”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“What does your birth date say about you? You are not getting any younger.”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land

“Over the years, face creams become of lower quality”
― Ljupka Cvetanova, Yet Another New Land

“Age is an imaginary number.”
― Carol L. Covin, Who Gets to Name Grandma? The Wisdom of Mothers and Grandmothers

“We have beautiful stories untold
When time's up, they'll unfold
Beautiful stories, new and old
Yet, they're as good as gold”
― Israelmore Ayivor

“I cast a look at where Rhys still remained sprawled on the cushions, watching us with raised brows. 'For someone who was just dead,' I said tightly, 'you seem remarkably relaxed.'

Rhys smirked. 'I'm glad you're bouncing back to your usual spirits, Feyre darling.'

Drakon snorted, and took my hands, squeezing them as tightly as his mate had. 'What he doesn't want to tell you, my lady, is that he's so damn old he can't stand up right now.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“Outside Bulgaria's borders people age more beautifully and more slowly, old age is more merciful elsewhere.”
― Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

“Is it better to buy a new or a three year old car? Cars typically become unreliable after a decade of use. You are only seven years away from that point at three years old.”
― Steven Magee

“Coorie believes in looking out for ways to make the most of what's around us, creating coorie on the cheap is easy.
An added bonus of many of these coorie activities is that they force us to slow down and ask deeper questions about where we are going and where we have been.
They also encourage collaboration, whether that's spending time with our nieces and nephews baking cakes, taking our dogs for a walk, combing the beach for shells or chatting to older generations about the history of our country.
There are countless ways to embody coorie into your days at work, days off, nights in the city and nights out in the wild.”
― Gabriella Bennett, The Art of Coorie: How to Live Happy the Scottish Way

“The young were at least smooth-skinned and straight; the old were flabby and wrinkled. At least, he thought, they should pony up some piece of timeless wisdom to make up for their wretchedness: yet most shambled from breakfast to bedtime in the same dumb state that had taken them through adolescence. A fair number had grown up quite simply dimwits, and stubbornly remained so even in their dotage. He wanted to venerate them, for with their lined faces and dignified bearing they reminded him of august men of state. But then they spoke.”
― Lydia Millet, How the Dead Dream

“In the sea of her guests, I feel like an old man, a vintage vinyl in a world of Spotify playlists.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

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― Deliuse

“The great lie of youth: that it will last.”
― Shawn Davis, The Talk: A Young Person's Guide to Life's Big Questions

“The young never fully appreciate what they mean to the old until they are old.”
― Shawn Davis, The Talk: A Young Person's Guide to Life's Big Questions

“I'm not getting older, I'm becoming an expert.”
― Jennifer Chernicky

“I have never been afraid to lose old because the vacuum presents opportunities for new.”
― Seun Ayilara

“Now me, I'm old. Too old to be told who to hate. [...]”
― Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water

“Our love has wrinkles as old as the Earth.”
― Moses Yuriyvich Mikheyev, A Fire in the Sunset: A Decade of Love Poems

“I might have been born before computers, Quinlan, but I do know how to use them.”
― Sarah J. Maas, House of Earth and Blood

“He would have been handsome in his heyday, and hell, he was a silver fox now. My daddy issues didn’t run that deep, though.”
― Grace McGinty, The Daymakers

“Go help your dad in the garage.”

“Help him with what? He’s watching a football game.” Racer frowned.

“Well, he’s old and nearsighted.”

“No, he’s not.”

“He needs you to read the score for him. Go.”
― L.J. Shen, Broken Knight

“Scegliere è sempre invecchiare, ma è solo a 19 anni che il mondo ti accorda ancora l'indulgenza di chiamarla crescita.”
― Michela Murgia, Tre ciotole: Rituali per un anno di crisi

“Age is only a number. You're as old as you feel.”
― Chidiebere Orji Agbugba