Dickinson on aging
"Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought." Emily Dickinson
“The mere passage of time makes us all exiles.” —Joyce Carol Oates https://t.co/egIc8E4CNv
— The Paris Review (@parisreview) January 27, 2019
In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it, the ground upon which one treads seems not to move, and one can rest assured. So it is with Time in one's life.
— Marcel Proust (@Daily_Proust) January 27, 2019