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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

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    “A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.”

    — Oliver Wendell Holmes

    Nothing except possibly love and death are of importance, and even death is somewhat ephemeral, as no one has yet faxed back a reliable report.

    — Gerald Durrell

    “As you get older, three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two…”

    — Norman Wisdom

    “Live your life and forget your age.”

    — Norman Vincent Peale

    “In fact, looking back, it seems to me that I was clueless until I was about 50-years-old.”

    — Nora Ephron

    “There are three periods in life: youth, middle age, and ‘how well you look.’”

    — Nelson Rockefeller