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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

    Gratitude

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    “The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves, or rather, in spite of ourselves.”

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    — Victor Hugo, a 19th-century French poet who also wrote several iconic novels, including Les Misérables

    “I used to be young but I got over it.”

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    — Patricia Prijatel, the E.T. Meredith Distinguished Professor Emerita at Drake University, author and a health writer for numerous national print and online publications. This quote was from her recent post in Psychology Today.

    “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”

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    — Charles Dickens, British author, journalist, and social commentator who wrote some of the most celebrated novels of all time, including Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and A Tale of Two Cities.

    “Friendship is not about whom you know the longest. It is about who came and never left.”

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    — Paulo Coelho, Brazilian lyricist and novelist best known for his internationally acclaimed book The Alchemist

    “In my experience, most of us age away from brain and ambition toward heart and soul, and we bathe in relief that things are not worse.”

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    — Anne Lamott, American novelist, non-fiction writer, and progressive political activist whose quote is from her recent Washington Post Op-Ed, It’s good to remember: We are all on borrowed time

    “Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are.”

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    — Harold Kushner, American rabbi and best-selling author, best known for his monumental book, When Bad Things Happen To Good People.