Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.
You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.
Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.
Growing old is not growing up.
I guess I can be surprised I'm alive. I'm taking a little better care of myself than when I was a young person. My father died when he was 63. My mother made it to 74. My grandparents, God, they were dropping like flies.
You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ, whaddya know - I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career.
You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago after all. The time shortens up.
If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.
When I admitted I needed to grow old as a woman, it was a relief.