Age is not all decay; it is the ripening,
the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husks.


The Marquis of Lossie (1877)

George MacDonald Quotes

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husks.

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husks.

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husks.

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husks.