“Getting older is reality, but getting old does not have to be.”

“You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.”

“It’s a comforting thought knowing that no matter how old I get, I can always get older.”

“What you learn as you get older is that the world is old, and has been old for a long time.”

“I wondered if that's what aging felt like. That desire and reality were dueling until the day you die, that nobody every got to a place of peace. I had always wanted to get old so I didn't have to care anymore, but I began to think that it would be best just to skip the getting older part and just die.”

“Very few people grow up. Most people grow older but growing up is challenging. Many people get older honor their credit cards matriculate into and graduate out of schools get married and have children. They call that growing up maturing. It's not. It is simply growing old - Maya Angelo”