On Being 40 Quotes

“I savor these moments. They sit tart and bright and sweet on my tongue like the taste of hibiscus tea with honey. From these moments I can cultivate gratitude and from gratitude I distill grace.”
― Sophfronia Scott, On Being 40

“But if they've helped form you into who you are, then they never really leave you; they're always with you in whatever you do, and maybe that's the point.”
― Julie Klam, On Being 40

“Sometimes there’s a scent in the air so beautiful, earthly, and alive that it makes me feel ravenous, like this sharp awakening moment wants to cut me open to prove how empty I am, to show how much space there is for me to fill. What will I fill it with? I could eat the dirt and all that is in it and sense it wouldn’t be enough. I am giddy. I want to fly.”
― Sophfronia Scott, On Being 40

“Given the correlation between aging and death, declaring that you can’t stand today’s music might actually mark the first stage of the dying process.”
― Meghan Daum, On Being 40

“I don't easily give up these moments of grace and joy. At fifty-one, I've experienced enough to know that when tragedy strikes, these moments evaporate with breathtaking speed in the bitter cold of loss, and I'm left grasping for them, my wounded spirit parched.”
― Sophfronia Scott, On Being 40