About this quote

Aging catches everyone by surprise. One day you are planning your future, and the next you are looking at gray hair in the bathroom mirror. The mind does not automatically wrinkle just because the skin does; your inner self stays curious and slightly confused by the passage of time. How do you reconcile that internal spark with a body that starts to ache? Pay attention to the older people in your life, because they still feel the exact same doubts you do right now.

When to use it

• You recall this when your seventy-year-old mother books a solo trip to South America, proving her sense of adventure never actually faded.
• Use this during a family dinner when your grandfather starts laughing hysterically at a silly meme, showing he is still a kid at heart.
• You think of this on your fiftieth birthday when you look in the mirror and realize you still feel like the same clueless teenager from college.