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As We Are Now
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"As We Are Now" Quotes

A woman in a nursing home fights against the dehumanizing conditions.

Quotes

I am just something to be used up, to be thrown away when I am no longer needed.

May Sarton

self-worthageism

We all have to die. That is the one thing we cannot escape.

May Sarton

mortality

It is not right to be treated as though we were not people.

May Sarton

dignityequality

There must be some way of going on living until we die.

May Sarton

resilienceendurance

I have no desire to be a child again. I have fought too hard to be what I am.

May Sarton

self-acceptancegrowth

I am not going to be made a non-person just because I am old and not well.

May Sarton

ageismdignity

I have nothing to lose now. That makes me very dangerous.

May Sarton

empowermentdefiance

We are all in the end alone, each one of us.

May Sarton

solitudereflection

It is a terrible thing to be old, a terrible thing to be so alone.

May Sarton

lonelinessaging

We must go on trying to express ourselves, even if it is only for a little while.

May Sarton

creativityexpression