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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

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    “A good friend is a connection to life- a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.”

    — Lois Wyse, American advertising executive and author

    “To age is to learn more than you ever wanted to know about body parts that once went about their business offstage.”

    — Beth Teitell, Reporter for the Boston Globe

    “Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.”

    — Mary Oliver, a Pulitzer-prize-winning American poet, who had a lifelong habit of solitary walks

    “I dwell in possibility.”

    — Emily Dickinson, 19th Century American poet

    “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”

    — Maya Angelou, American author, poet, and civil rights activist

    “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”

    — Mary Anne Radmacher, contemporary American author and artist