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Quotation of the Day for February 10, 2014"And then, because this always happens, the litany of my failures rushed into the vacuum left by all that speeding time, except that now, at 60, those faults seemed especially irreversible: not enough money, no visible retirement possibilities, no lush vacation home, no novels or plays or Broadway musicals or HBO series written, no fast cars - the usual roster of regrets. Plus, all the moments I could have been more human, and less afraid. And in the place of those lost accomplishments, just the clock ticking on the wall, making its sound, which as Tennessee Williams said, is loss, loss, loss. "This is the problem with turning 60: It's so goddamn melodramatic." - Ian Brown, on turning 60. [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/adjusting-to-turning-60-with-a-little-help-from-some-facebook-friends/article16757435/] Submitted by: Mike Krawchuk Feb. 10, 2014  |
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