"It takes some little time to accept..." - Quote by Mark Twain
It takes some little time to accept and realize the fact that while you have been growing old, your friends have not been standing still, in that matter.
More by Mark Twain
“It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing - I used to be a good boy.”
“Nothing is made in vain, but the fly came near it.”
“what is joy without sorrow? what is success without failure? what is a win without a loss? what is health without illness? you have to experience each if you are to appreciate the other. there is always going to be suffering. it’s how you look at your suffering, how you deal with it, that will define you.”
More on Friendship
“Letters of friendship require no study.”
“We can build a society grounded on friendship and our common humanity - a society founded on tolerance. That is the only road open to us.”
“I don't get the regular AIDS test anymore. I get the roundabout AIDS test. I ask my friend Brian, "Do you know anybody who has AIDS?". He says, "No". I say, "Cool, because you know me."”
More on Aging
“Some people are faster than others; I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon.”
“Grant me an old man's frenzy, Myself must I remake Till I am Timon and Lear Or that William Blake Who beat upon the wall Till Truth obeyed his call.”
“It was a meditation on life, love, old age, death: ideas that had often fluttered around her head like nocturnal birds but dissolved into a trickle of feathers when she tried to catch hold of them.”