I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.
“In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed.”
“Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.”