Sunday, September 15, 2024

Thought for the Day

Getting old is the second-biggest surprise of my life,
but the first, by a mile, is our unceasing need for deep
attachment and intimate love.
~ Roger Angell
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Quoted from "This Old Man" in The New Yorker, February 9, 2014; Online 

Roger Angell (September 19, 1920 - May 20, 2022), American Sports Essayist Specializing in Baseball; Senior Fiction Editor, The New Yorker
 
Roger Angell Obituary at The New York Times

Guide to the Roger Angell Papers, National Baseball Hall of Fame

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