Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.

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The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain.

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deep down I believe my year was a special year: it produced me. ― Ned Vizzini

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Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

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With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. ― William Shakespeare

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Old is always fifteen years from now.

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Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.

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And I rose In rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. ― Dylan Thomas

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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.

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Middle-age is when you're sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you.

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