There are several ways to mess up your life by fighting to make your calendar age match your felt age. I live in the Southwest, a part of the country with more than its share of fair skies, material wealth, and people who are trying not to be as old as they are. Martha Beck agecalendarcountry share on social
Never the less, at the age of fifteen, having never seen a writer, a poet, a publisher or a magazine editor, and having only the vaguest ideas of procedure, I began working on the profession I had chosen. Robert E. Howard agebeginchoose 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
In youth we learn; in age we understand. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach agelearnunderstand Change image and share on social
From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice. Joanne Harris adviceagefun Change image and share on social
Before MS moved in on me, I'd worked for seven years as a city lawyer, as the editor of a literary magazine, and before the age of 20, I'd also worked as a cadet journalist and as an assistant director in both film and TV. And then, after the lesions of MS, both on my spine and in my brain, I was the opposite of bionic. M. J. Hyland ageassistantbionic share on social
Since the late 19th century, the median age of first marriage for women had fluctuated between 20 and 22. This had been the shape, pattern and definition of female life. Rebecca Traister 19thagecentury Change image and share on social
In the Internet age, it is inevitable that corporations and government agencies will have access to detailed information about people's lives. Rebecca MacKinnon accessageagency Change image and share on social
Authoritarian systems evolve. Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism. Rebecca MacKinnon ageauthoritarianauthoritarianism Change image and share on social