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1 " We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon all that is to be alone, and the mind that is alone is not only innocent but young -- not in time or age, but young, innocent, alive at whatever age -- and only such a mind can see that which is truth and that which is not measurable by words. "
― J. Krishnamurti
2 " Neoteny is more than retaining a youthful appearance, although that is often part of it. Neoteny is the retention of all those wonderful qualities that we associate with youth: curiosity, playfulness, eagerness, fearlessness, warmth, energy. Unlike those defeated by time and age, our geezers have remained much like our geeks – open, willing to take risks, hungry for knowledge and experience, courageous, eager to see what the new day brings. Time and lost steal the zest from the unlucky, and leave them looking longingly at the past. Neoteny is a metaphor for the quality – and the gift – that keeps the fortunate of whatever age focused on all marvelous undiscovered things to come. "
― Warren Bennis , Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values and Defining Moments Shape Leaders
3 " In the life of each of us, I said to myself, there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness; we are each the uncompanioned hermit and recluse of an hour or a day; we understand our fellows of the cell to whatever age of history they may belong. "
― Sarah Orne Jewett , The Country of the Pointed Firs
4 " They soon stopped being ten years old. But whatever age they were seemed to be exactly the right age for having fun. "
― Maud Hart Lovelace , Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (Betsy-Tacy, #3)
5 " The human heart at whatever age opens only to the heart that opens in return. "
6 " It's difficult for a young girl like me. Because there's a certain time for young actresses, which is like a really juicy period when all the parts are love interests and young heroines. Of course, there's always work for men whatever age they are. "
