Julian BarnesYou get towards the end of life - no, not life itself, but of something else: the end of any likelihood of change in that life. You are allowed a long moment of pause, time enough to ask the question: what else have I done wrong?
About This Quote
Life is full of ups and downs. Life is full of joys, but also of many disappointments. Each day holds new challenges that can make you feel like you are stuck in a rut. Life is a marathon with no relief in sight.
In the end, however, there is a reward for all your hard work. In this quote from the book The Road to Character by David Brooks, he speaks about something that is rarely talked about in aging: the end of change. It seems that when we get older, we start thinking about death and what life will be like when we are no longer here.
He feels that most people don’t even know what they would do if they were not going to be around anymore.
Source: The Sense Of An Ending
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