Acedia is not in every dictionary; just in every heart.

Spiritual sloth, or acedia, was known as The Sin of the Middle Ages. It's the sin of my middle age, too.

No woman wants to see herself too clearly.

It's terrifying to see someone inside of whom a vital spring seems to have been broken. It's particularly terrifying to see him in your mirror.

We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.

As we grow older, our capacity for enjoyment shrinks, but not our appetite for it.

Age is a slowing down of everything except fear.