“They were preparing a nice meal for Dayna Curry, whose birthday was on the 4th (of November), ... Over the past few days it had been relatively quiet in Kabul proper and I think emotionally they had all come to develop a sense of resignation that they were in for the long haul, that they were doing OK emotionally but they certainly did want to get out of there as soon as they could.”
John Mercer
“Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.”
Victor Hugo
“Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.”
Helen Rowland
“And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”
Abraham Lincoln
“You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.”
Bob Hope
“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.”
Robert Frost
“Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone just stood around and sang Happy Birthday.”
Stephen Wright
