William Boyd (writer) Quote

Is that a good definition of marking the ageing watershed? That moment when you realize - quite rationally, quite unemotionally - that the world in the not-so-distant future will not contain you: that the trees you planted will continue growing but you will not be there to see them.


Any Human Heart (ed. Vintage, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307424853


Is that a good definition of marking the ageing watershed? That moment when you realize - quite rationally, quite unemotionally - that the world in...

Is that a good definition of marking the ageing watershed? That moment when you realize - quite rationally, quite unemotionally - that the world in...

Is that a good definition of marking the ageing watershed? That moment when you realize - quite rationally, quite unemotionally - that the world in...

Is that a good definition of marking the ageing watershed? That moment when you realize - quite rationally, quite unemotionally - that the world in...