“Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years.”

“The trouble is when a number- your age- becomes your identity, you’ve given away your power to choose your future.”

“We want autonomy for ourselves and safety for those we love. That remains the main problem and paradox for the frail. Many of the things that we want for those we care about are things we would adamantly oppose for ourselves because they would infringe upon our sense of self.”

“I have shoes older than most of these people.” 

“Age is of no importance unless you are a cheese.”

“Some people are old when they’re 18 and some people are young when they’re 90. You can’t define people by whatever society determines as their age. Time is a concept that human beings created.”