Old Age Homes Quotes (10 quotes)

“Life is a process during which one initially gets less and less dependent, independent, and then more and more dependent.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the elderly.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“Old Age homes are civilization's dumpsites for human beings who it cannot exploit further.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“A man who lives long enough will be a boy twice.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: age, death, dependence, diapers, nappies, old-age-homes

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“Not a few millions of parents strongly hope that their own children will step in by instantly becoming their own parents’ foster parents, if and when the parents reach their second childhood.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

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“Some social ills are preserved by the common misbelief that things such as ignorance, greed, and stupidity do not have the stamina required to reach old age.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“We envy people who are extremely old because we wish to live that long, not because we want to be that old.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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“These trembling hands no longer have the confidence it exuded a few years ago. Hope has been extinguished and uncertainty is what remains for the rest of my days now.”
― Adhish Mazumder, Solemn Tales of Human Hearts

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“Tynne flak av hud skaller av, og drysser slik stjernestøv mot gulvet.”
― Sunniva Lye Axelsen, Følge meg alle mine dager

tags: lonely, old-age-homes

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“Old age homes are, sadly, a pre-coffin portal, with stays of varied duration – often wheel-chaired in and usually gurneyed out to a discreetly parked black van. Long-term residents could quickly categorise the newbies in terms of the three M’s – mobility, marbles, and months left.”
― Anne Schlebusch, Bloomer

tags: old-age-homes, retirement-homes

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