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A practical observation that I’ve made over the years with ancient beloved people in my life—real spiritual youth is gained latterly.

— Tilda Swinton

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This is what happens: People quote back at you things that you said a very long time ago in some joking conversation with somebody, and they wrote it down and somebody else reads it back to you 10 years later.

What children, in fact all of us at any age, find frightening is unreliability and emotional coldness. The idea that you can't affect someone, that you can't see where they're coming from and can change tact at any moment.

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