“Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.”– Emily Dickinson Related Quotes “We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there’s almost a sense of entitlement to that.”– J. J. Abrams “To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can do for those who study it.”– Bertrand Russell “Age, like distance lends a double charm.”– Oliver Herford