#jeharrison — Public Fediverse posts
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"A great paradox of being alive in this civilization is that we have come to dread and devalue the triumph of having lived, forgetting that to grow old is not a punishment but a privilege — that of having survived the loneliness of childhood, the brash insecurity of youth, the turmoil of middle age, in order to begin the continuous creative act of holding on while letting go."
https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/07/31/growing-older/ #JEHarrison #UrsulaKLeGuin #BertrandRussell #HenryMiller #SimoneDeBeauvoir #JoanDidion #NickCave -
"A great paradox of being alive in this civilization is that we have come to dread and devalue the triumph of having lived, forgetting that to grow old is not a punishment but a privilege — that of having survived the loneliness of childhood, the brash insecurity of youth, the turmoil of middle age, in order to begin the continuous creative act of holding on while letting go."
https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/07/31/growing-older/ #JEHarrison #UrsulaKLeGuin #BertrandRussell #HenryMiller #SimoneDeBeauvoir #JoanDidion #NickCave