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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

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    “The constant happiness is curiosity.”

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    — Alice Munroe, Nobel Prize-winning Canadian author who passed away this week at the age of 92.

    “The greatest potential for growth and self-realization exists in the second half of life.”

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    — Carl Jung, Renowned Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology

    “God is like, ‘I’m with you up to about thirty-eight.’ After that, God says, ‘If you want to stay, you can stay. But I’m moving on.’”

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    — Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, in an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick, on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

    “We labor into life and we labor out of life. All of us are born with life and death walking next to us.”

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    — Shelby Kirillin, An end-of-life doula based in Richmond, Virginia

    “We are all figuring it out as we go. Aging is grad school.”

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    — Anne Lamott, American novelist, non-fiction writer, and progressive political activist

    “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

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    — Mark Twain, acclaimed American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist