“Time is a great deadener; people forget, get bored, grow old, go away.”
“We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.”
“Habit is a great deadener.”
“That's why people grow weary of listening to Dumpees obsess over their troubles: getting dumped is predictable, repetitive, and boring.”
“One great thing about growing old is that nothing is going to lead to anything. Everything is of the moment.”
“But let us not forget that cities are like human beings. They are born, they go through childhood and adolescence, they grow old, and eventually they die”