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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

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    “Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.”

    — Ray Bradbury, One of the most celebrated American writers of the 20th Century, whose work spanned the genres of fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

    “A major perk of death is that you don’t have to clean up after yourself. If you can’t muster the courage to deal with your three storage units, leave the contents to your heirs. Mention in the will that there’s something valuable in one of them.”

    — Patricia Marx, an American humorist and writer and staff writer at The New Yorker.

    “You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.”

    — Maya Angelou, American author, poet, and civil rights activist.

    “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”

    — Winston Churchill, a British statesman, soldier, and writer. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.

    “The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.”

    — Kevin Kelly, American writer, photographer, and conservationist, and the founding executive editor of Wired magazine

    “It’s a waste of time to think about days gone by. What’s important is the here and now, and the future. How can you improve yourself in the days to come?”

    — Mariko Yugeta, a 63-year-old Japanese athlete who has become the fastest woman in her age group ever to finish a marathon