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Marilyn Suzanne Miller Quotes

[On middle age:] ... the very real possibility for you of growing fat as you near death and thus being seen by everyone while you are both DEAD AND FAT.

[On middle age:] ... the very real possibility for you of growing fat as you near death and thus being seen by everyone while you are both DEAD AND FAT.

Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Real, Age, Growing
Marilyn Suzanne Miller (2007). “How to Be a Middle-Aged Babe”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

The term middle-aged, invented by Descartes, comes from the Latin, medeus, meaning 'not really old' and ageis, meaning 'if you look at it in a certain way.

Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Latin, Age, Looks
Marilyn Suzanne Miller (2007). “How to Be a Middle-Aged Babe”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

Different portions of the brain all look for information (sexual, intuitive, practical), through modes so torturous, a first date can feel like a cross between having a pelvic examination while applying for a small business loan. First dates should require anesthesia, and in some states they do.

Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Dating, Brain, Different
Marilyn Suzanne Miller (2007). “How to Be a Middle-Aged Babe”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

Estrogen is a powerful if vengeful hormone affecting a woman's fertility, moods, sleep patterns, appetite. Estrogen is the household heating oil of womanhood.

Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Powerful, Sleep, Oil

Middle Age, a restful, welcome break from real life, brings some unique opportunities.

Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Real, Unique, Opportunity
Marilyn Suzanne Miller (2007). “How to Be a Middle-Aged Babe”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

Middle Age connotes fat, cancer, bad musical taste, and death. It conjures up a commuter in the sixties going to a Neil Simon play in Sansabelt pants, a knit vest, balding, belly sagging - and then there's the men.

Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Cancer, Men, Play

You may wonder: how do I overcome the common 'Cute/Insane Conundrum,' as it occurs in men ... Yes, it's a fact - any man who seems cute, fabulous, and incredible to you will, of course, turn out to be insane.

Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Cute, Men, Dating

Dating is a social brain teaser, as it requires constantly changing ratios of intimacy and distance, an erotic mental cha-cha choreographed by chemistry, insight, and fear.

Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Distance, Dating, Erotic
Marilyn Suzanne Miller (2007). “How to Be a Middle-Aged Babe”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

Youth, then, once ballyhooed as the epicenter of fun, hot dogs, hot sex, and marvelous dope-smoking good times, is now defined as follows: that period before death, characterized by smooth skin and ill-formed ideas.

Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Dog, Sex, Fun
Marilyn Suzanne Miller (2007). “How to Be a Middle-Aged Babe”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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