Florida Scott-Maxwell quotes

Life does not acommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition. (Florida Scott-Maxwell)
Age puzzles me. I thought it was a quiet time. My seventies were interesting and fairly serene, but my eighties are passionate. I grow more intense as I age. View quote
Florida Scott-Maxwell
The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being. View quote
Florida Scott-Maxwell
No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. View quote
Florida Scott-Maxwell
My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for the kettle to boil. This pleasure is for the old who live alone. View quote
Florida Scott-Maxwell
I grow more intense as I age. View quote
Florida Scott-Maxwell
It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty. View quote
Florida Scott-Maxwell