The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

Quote by Doris Lessing

Topics: Age Quotes, Change Quotes, Secrets Quotes

Laughter is by definition healthy

Laughter is by definition healthy

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

For the last third of life there remains only work. It alone is always stimulating,...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning...

Laughter is by definition healthy.

Laughter is by definition healthy.

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a...

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a...

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need...

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

You can't be a Red if you're married to a civil servant.

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

We use our parents like recurring dreams, to be entered into when needed.

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in...

Pleasure resorts are like film stars and royalty... embarrassed by the figures they cut in...

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

Some people obtain fame, others deserve it.

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is...

Literature is analysis after the event.

Literature is analysis after the event.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if...

I don't know much about creative writing programs. But they're not telling the truth if...

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second...

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

Man, who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for...

Pearls mean tears.

Pearls mean tears.

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever...

There are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever...