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Don Marquis

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

Age

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The quote suggests that growing older is a simple, unavoidable process that happens naturally over time. It implies that aging itself doesn't require special effort or achievement, just the passage of enough years.

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