He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. A lot of people don't have the courage to do it. I'm at an age where I think more about food than sex. Last week I put a mirror over my dining room table. People grow old only by deserting their ideals.
Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does. I've been . . . From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents, from 18 to 35 she needs good looks, from 35 to 55 she needs a good personality, and from 55 on she needs cash. The children despise their parents until the age of forty, when they suddenly become just like them thus preserving the system. Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddied.