“There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.”
“Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.”
“Don’t go beyond, no matter how much you feel you need to, Doctor. The barrier was not made to be broken. Remember this: there is more power here than you know. It is old and always restless. Remember.”
“Just like old librarians, old coins are often more valuable than they appear at face value.”
“It would evidently take more than a political regime, more than dire poverty to stop a woman from wanting to be well-dressed: it was a desire as old as the world, as old as the desire for children.”
“She may be old, but she's more goblin than human.”