I want to tell people approaching and perhaps fearing old age that it is a time of discovery. If they say "Of what?" I can only answer "We must find out for ourselves, otherwise it wouldn't be discovery."
Is life a pregnancy? That would make death a birth. - Florida Scott-Maxwell
Is life a pregnancy? That would make death a birth.
- Florida Scott-Maxwell
My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for the kettle to boil. This pleasure is for the old who live alone. - Florida Scott-Maxwell
My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for the kettle to boil. This pleasure is for the old who live alone.
Life does not acommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be… - Florida Scott-Maxwell
Life does not acommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be…
I wonder why love is so often equated with joy when it is everything else as well. Devastation, balm, obsession, granting and receiving excessive val… - Florida Scott-Maxwell
I wonder why love is so often equated with joy when it is everything else as well. Devastation, balm, obsession, granting and receiving excessive val…
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting, and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense … - Florida Scott-Maxwell
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting, and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense …
No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. - Florida Scott-Maxwell
No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.
Claim the events of your life! When you posses all you have been and done, you are fierce with reality. - Florida Scott-Maxwell
Claim the events of your life! When you posses all you have been and done, you are fierce with reality.
You need only claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have been and done, which may take some time, you … - Florida Scott-Maxwell
You need only claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have been and done, which may take some time, you …
I wonder if living alone makes one more alive. No precious energy goes in disagreement or compromise. No need to augment others, there is just yourse… - Florida Scott-Maxwell
I wonder if living alone makes one more alive. No precious energy goes in disagreement or compromise. No need to augment others, there is just yourse…
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