About This Quote

This quote is about an older man who has been married for many years and has children. He feels as though he has reached the end of his life and his greatest wish is to die because he feels as though his life is complete and there is nothing more that he could achieve. His wife, however, does not feel this way. She is still young and would like to have children even though she feels as though she is too old.

She knows that she is not too old to have children but she still chooses against having children because she feels as though she does not have the energy to give her husband the children that he wants. This quote speaks of how an older couple can be happy even if their age stops them from having what they want.

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