Quotes of: Old-people Keyword

I'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.

Nonrequired Reading

It was a small room with dim light coming in the window, reminiscent of old Polish films.

Norwegian Wood

One boy's a boy; two boys be half a boy, and three boys be no boy at all', ran the old country saying.

Lark Rise to Candleford

The tragedy of life, Howard, is not that the beautiful die young, but that they grow old and mean. It will not happen to me.

The Long Goodbye

Your spirit nourishes from your old God and prophet, but mine nourishes from wisdom and conscience.

LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

My Antonia

For six months, then, Emma, at fifteen years of age, made her hands dirty with books from old lending libraries.

Madame Bovary

Revolution is simple. It's like a breath; out with the old, and in with the new.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

What was the point of starting a new life if she did everything the same as her old one?

Summer Lovin'

Never get old. It's a ridiculously uncomfortable process Ath Creator should be made to find a cure for.

The Ships of Merior

Call me archaic, but I like making money the old-fashioned way—through prostitution.

Sleepwalking is restercise

There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.

The Shockwave Rider

I might be 30 years old, but a girl never outgrows the need for her mother.

The Shop on Blossom Street

So they watch over us like gods of old. Our patron sinners.

Scruffians! Stories of Better Sodomites

And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new?

The Swan Thieves

To an old father, nothing is more sweet than a daughter. Boys are more spirited, but their ways are not so tender.

Suppliant Women

a true piece of writing is a dangerous thing. It can change your life.

Old School

I’m coming, you impatient old coot! Keep your panties on!” -Skye yelling back to Hagan.

The Original Sin

How does it feel to be seven thousand years old?" "That depends." "On what?" "On how I want to feel.

Permutation City

Well, you know that old saying, “Keep your friends close and make out with your enemies.

Pretty Smart Girls

I'll tell you a secret. Old storytellers never die. They disappear into their own story.

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