“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made. Our times are in his hand who saith, 'A whole I planned, youth shows but half; Trust God: See all, nor be afraid!”
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“When you are old and grey and full of sleep
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep”
― The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep”
― The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
“There are too many steps in this castle, and it seems to me they add a few every night, just to vex me"
- Maester Cressen”
― A Clash of Kings
- Maester Cressen”
― A Clash of Kings
“When we age we shed many skins: ego, arrognace, dominance, self-opionated, unreliable, pessimism, rudeness, selfish, uncaring ... Wow, it's good to be old!”
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“I’m a nosy old woman, it’s a perk of getting old. You can be annoying and people just call you eccentric.”
― Taking Chase
― Taking Chase
Historical Fiction Panel - July 18, 2012
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Join us on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 for a special day-long discussion of historical fiction. What does it take to write about a bygone era? How much r ...more
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