Ann Cahill

“Women never have a half-hour in all their lives (excepting before or after anybody is up in the house) that they can call their own, without fear of offending or of hurting someone. Why do people sit up so late, or, more rarely, get up so early? Not because the day is not long enough, but because they have 'no time in the day to themselves.' 1852”
― Florence Nightingale

“I Didn't Ask to Be a Senior Citizen (I Was Drafted)”
― Doug Jensen, Looking in the Rear View Mirror

“I reckon responsible behavior is something to get when you grow older. Like varicose veins.”
― Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

“It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.”
― Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes