“There are people whose watch stops at a certain hour and who remain permanently at that age.”– Helen Rowland Related Quotes “The great book for you is the book that has the most to say to you at the moment when you are reading. I do not mean the book that is most instructive, but the book that feeds your spirit. And that depends on your age, your experience, your psychological and spiritual need.”– Robertson Davies “Old age is always wakeful as if, the longer linked with life, the less man has to do with aught that looks like death.”– Herman Melville “Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm.”– Terry Eagleton