“I will never be an old man. To me old age is always 15 years older than I am.”

“To me old age is always fifteen years older than I am.”

“The truth is, part of me is every age. I’m a three-year-old, I’m a five-year-old, I’m a thirty-seven-year-old, I’m a fifty-year-old. I’ve been through all of them, and I know what it’s like. I delight in being a child when it’s appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it’s appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own.”

“But then, shall I never get any older than I am now? That'll be a comfort, one way -- never to be an old woman -- but then -- always to have lessons to learn!”

“I’ll never be as old as someone older than me, but I can be older than them if I outlive their lifespan.”

“A 65 year old woman questioning herself is no different than a 15 year old girl launching herself.”