“The old with the old, the young with the young, the hostess by the tea table, on which there were exactly the same cakes in a silver basket as the Panins had at their soiree - everything was exactly the same as with everyone else.”
“...new ideas are merely several old thoughts that occur at the exact same time.”
“She felt that it was only her body that was getting old. Inside she had always been the same young girl.”
“There is no old Adam Young, there is no new Adam Young, merely different colors and different brushstrokes over the same canvas.”
“What is cowardice in the young is wisdom in the old, but all the same one can be ashamed of wisdom.”
“And it feels good to feel young with you, and at the same time to grow old with you. And it's all those things together at the same moment.”