#om

Wisdom is the reward for surviving our own stupidity. ↗

— Brian Rathbone

#life-experience #life-lessons #wisdom #age

Indeed, no woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#age #women #age

And then I laugh, because it's so ridiculous and so gorgeous and it's all I an do to not melt into a fit of giggles. So what if I'm ninety-three? So what if I'm ancient and cranky and my body's a wreck? If they're willing to accept me and my guilty conscience, why the hell shouldn't I run away with the circus? It's like Charlie told the cop. For this old man, this IS home. ↗

— Sara Gruen

#home #old-age #sara-gruen #water-for-elephants #age

When she was younger, she felt that he wanted to know everything about her, but she was sometimes afraid to tell too much. She was afraid he would know her too well, that he would find some weakness in her, some element that would turn him away, maybe even a quality she didn't even realize she possessed. ↗

— Michael Stein

#relationships #self-reflection #women #age

Competition is the final price determinant and competitive prices may result in profits which force you to accept a rate of return less than you hoped for, or for that matter to accept temporary losses. ↗

— Alfred P. Sloan

#competition #competitive #final #force #hoped

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#been #believer #discovered #early #early age

If all women revealed their age, men would have nothing to hide from each other. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #women #age

Now is the time to become a myth. ↗

— Diane von Furstenberg

#women #age

I make love with a focus and intensity that most people reserve for sleep.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#funny #humor #intense #intensity #love

Almost everyone first realized they were becoming a grown woman when some dude did something nasty to them. ...It was mostly men yelling shit from cars. Are they a patrol sent out to let girls know they've crossed into puberty? If so, it's working. ↗

— Tina Fey

#feminist #puberty #age