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There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.

There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.

Mignon McLaughlin
Years, Age, Gone
"The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it.

Mignon McLaughlin
Age, Aging, Capacity
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.71, BookBaby

It's hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live?

Mignon McLaughlin
Long, Age, Aging
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.102, BookBaby

Age is a slowing down of everything except fear.

Mignon McLaughlin
Age, Slow Down, Slowing
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.105, BookBaby

Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.

Mignon McLaughlin
Spiritual, Sloth, Age
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.61, BookBaby

In youth we are plagued by desire; in later years, by the desire to feel desire.

Mignon McLaughlin
Years, Age, Desire
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.102, BookBaby

A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.

Mignon McLaughlin
Birthday, Age, Finals
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.105, BookBaby

Women are the right age for just a few years; men, for most of their lives.

Mignon McLaughlin
Men, Years, Age
Mignon McLaughlin (2014). “Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin”, p.43, BookBaby

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