Old Quotes

I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It’s not possible.

Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can’t see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.

It doesn’t matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.

The older you get, the more yourself you can be and the less worried you are about what other people think.

So many of my friends are older, and the people I work with are older. I guess I’ve gotten used to hearing people say, “Oh, you’re so young,” even though I never really agreed with that. Now I get their perspective.

The secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude.

I’m chasing old feelings because tomorrow has yet to show me anything better than you.

When you stroll through Munich it can happen that you suddenly stand in front of an old house, an idyllically-dreaming church that smiles like a friendly anachronism into our modern time.

Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.

I slipped the book into my pocket. I assure you to leave off reading was like tearing myself away from the shelter of an old and solid friendship.