To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary. (Ronald Blythe)

To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary.

Ronald Blythe

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