"One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going."
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Anthony Burgess wrote that, and as someone accused of rushing to go to the opening of an envelope, Not Going couldn’t come a moment too soon for me. In the thimbleful of benefits of Growing Old, surely this is the best, with nodding off at will a close second. Life costs less when you stay in, takes less time and brings on less stress, certainly than when Going counted for so much more.
"One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going."
"One of the delights known to age, and beyond…
"One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going."
Anthony Burgess wrote that, and as someone accused of rushing to go to the opening of an envelope, Not Going couldn’t come a moment too soon for me. In the thimbleful of benefits of Growing Old, surely this is the best, with nodding off at will a close second. Life costs less when you stay in, takes less time and brings on less stress, certainly than when Going counted for so much more.