“When nations grow old the Arts grow coldAnd commerce settles on every tree”
“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
“We were supposed to grow old together, Dolores. Have kids. Take walks under old trees. I wanted to watch the lines etch themselves into your flesh and know when each and every one of them appeared. Die together.”
“You don't stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.”
“I would prove to the men how mistaken they are in thinking that they no longerfall in love when they grow old--not knowing that they grow old when they stopfalling in love.”
“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.”