“Why were you so old when we met? I answered with the truth: Age isn't how old you are but how old you feel.”

“Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.”

“You are getting too old for this." "A man is as old as he feels, woman!" "And how old do you feel?”

“How young can you die of old age?”

“All I'm saying is that old people need to be old people. You need oldness. You need to see old people. You need to go Right, they might have a solution they've been on the earth longer. Quick, we need an answer. How old are yer?”

“Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.”

“But do you know how old I will be by the time I learn to really play the piano / act / paint / write a decent play?"
Yes… the same age you will be if you don't.”

“The truth is I'm getting old, I said. We already are old, she said with a sigh. What happens is that you don't feel it on the inside, but from the outside everybody can see it.”

“If the Lord made it feel good at an early age, why not enjoy it? If He didn't want you to play with it at an early age, why'd He make it feel so good? He could have had those nerves not even grow up or ripen till you were old enough to get married.”

“Maturity is not a matter of age. You have matured when you are no longer concerned with showing how clever you are, and give your full attention to getting the job done right. Many never reach that stage, no matter how old they get.”