"If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it's best to meet it with an empty bladder."

"My marriage had its ups and downs like anyone's, but when it came down to it, I knew it was solid. I miss that sort of security, and that sort of connection with someone."

"Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us."

"When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with."

"Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest."

"It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides."

"Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough."

"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."

"A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time."

"With age come the inner, the higher life. Who would be forever young, to dwell always in externals?"