Mit dem Alter verdient man sich das Recht, sich selbst treu zu bleiben.
With aging, you earn the right to be loyal to yourself.
My position has always been that the way people age and the signs that we show of aging is nature's way of tattooing. It's natural scarification, and the life you lead gives you the symbols and the emblems of your life, the road map you followed.
When you lose a spouse, you're a widow or widower; when you lose your parents, you're an orphan. When you lose a child, there's no word in the English language for that position, that place that you're left.
I was often told that I wasn't a thing. 'She's not pretty enough. She's not tall enough. She's not thin enough. She's not fat enough.' I thought, 'O.K., someday you're going to be looking for someone not, not, not, not, and there I'll be.'
Das Tolle am älter werden ist, dass einem sein ganzes Leben in's Gesicht geschrieben steht.
That's another great thing about getting older. Your life is written on your face.
