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1 " Yes, our old age is not going to be sunny orchard drowse. By shutting down the fire curtain, though, I find I can live in the moment; which is good; why yield a moment to regret or envy or worry? Why indeed? (24 December 1940) "
― Virginia Woolf , The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume Five: 1936-1941
2 " I have discovered," he said to Charles Dewy, " that when a man marries, peace of mind and freedom go out of the window." " Well, old boy," said Charles comfortably, " that's the price we have to pay for having company in our old age and for ensuring that we have heirs to follow us. "