“Contrary to widespread beliefs that older populations consume resources that would otherwise go to youth, there is growing reason to think that older people may be just the resource children need.”

“Fear of dying is human. Fear of aging is cultural.”

“When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.”

“Since our society equates happiness with youth, we often assume that sorrow, quiet desperation and hopelessness go hand in hand with getting older. They don’t. Emotional pain or numbness are symptoms of living the wrong life, not a long life.”

“ The myth of self-sufficiency demands optimism without end, downplays life’s challenges, and shames us when, inevitably, we fall short.”

‘Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.”