“Improving intelligence is possible, but it is more likely to occur if children are given the right experiences at the right ages.”
“The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe experience is a substitute for intelligence.”
“She announced her age right away, for children consider their ages every bit as important as their names.”
“No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.”
“Forty seemed about right, and it occurred to me that it's too bad for a fella to die at forty, a real shame. It's a man's most anonymous age.”
“It occurs to me that I've been wrong about something: I always assumed that age and experience weather you, make you more resilient. But that's not true. It's the opposite.”