“Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.”
“No one should be alone in their old age, he thought.”
“Death is coming—but hopefully not before old age, decrepitude, and senility. ”
“Yet there's something ominous about turning sixty-five. Suddenly old age is not a phenomenon which will occur; it has occurred.”
“Dying is a matter of slapstick and pratfalls. The ageing process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over and runs off laughing. No one should grow old who isn't ready to appear ridiculous.”
“About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age.”