My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15. Karolyn Grimes agechildlife Change image and share on social
You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned. Judith Viorst agechilddeserve Change image and share on social
My mum always said I devoured 'The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe' at the tender age of four, but frankly, I think that might be a touch of maternal exaggeration. Matt Haig agedevourexaggeration Change image and share on social
I love having horses from a young age and seeing how far they can go. Charlotte Dujardin agehorselove Change image and share on social
I don't want to find myself at the age of 60 waiting by the telephone for someone else to decide if I am capable of being in what might be a crummy TV production. Peter Capaldi agecapablecrummy Change image and share on social
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job. Thomas Hardy agedependdevelop Change image and share on social
I started playing guitar when I was 12 and probably from that age knew that I wanted to make music and make my own music. Playing with other bands like the Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens was more like an apprenticeship for me than anything. St. Vincent ageapprenticeshipband share on social
If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy - and without consciousness. Gunter Grass absoluteagebusy share on social
I was so in love with books from as early as I remember that it seemed a natural step to want to create them. And so I just wanted to be a writer from a very young age. And I think that the lies were just a natural side effect of me wanting to tell stories and write them down. Marie Rutkoski agebookcreate share on social
We are constantly driven to believe that women should look a set age or be a certain body size, which is fuelling an obsession with ever more dramatic and invasive steps. Marie Helvin agebodyconstantly Change image and share on social
