Julian Barnes Quote

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.

Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.

Capture your youth, while you can.

Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the elderly.

How I miss wandering around with old souls, Aimlessly moving from one place to anotherHow I miss all our dreams and our goalsAnd how we've lost ourselves to find each otherSeems like a playful game of...

With regard to things such as independence, mental capabilities, and sexuality, a very old man is nothing but a gigantic infant with white hair and wrinkles.

A young child is a leader to an elderly person once his purpose has a faithful, sincere and trustworthy influence on people. Leadership is not restricted to position and age; it is self-made and influ...

It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or who you love. It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or r...