George Gaylord Simpson (1902–1984) American paleontologist
Splendid Isolation (1980) New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 38
“One great thing about growing old is that nothing is going to lead to anything. Everything is of the moment.”
Source: A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living
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