“The thing about getting older is that you don't need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain.”

“God, I needed you," he murmured. "I can't even tell you how many times I thought about this. The funny thing is, I don't need you any less now. I think I need you more."
~Shane~”

Rachel Caine (1962) American writer

“She said, "Do you have more things that you need, or more that you don't need?" I said, "It depends on what it means to need.”

Jonathan Safran Foer book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

“The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.”

Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) American writer

“The older you get, the more you realize you need a handful of good, close, tight friends.”

Nicole Richie (1981) American television personality, musician, actress, and author

“But now it seems possible that the truth about getting older is that there are fewer and fewer things to make fun of until finally there is nothing you are sure you will never be.”

Jenny Offill book Dept. of Speculation

“People get ready there's a train comin';
You don't need no baggage, just get on board.
All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin';
You don't need no ticket, just thank the lord.”

Curtis Mayfield (1942–1999) American singer, songwriter, and record producer

“As you get older, the more complicated things get. It's almost therapeutic to be doing simple things with the kids.”

Robert De Niro (1943) American actor, director and producer

“If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.”

Marcus Aurelius book Meditations