winter of life
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And I began to feel in the boys a curious, wary, bewildered despair, as though they were now settling in for the long, hard winter of life.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
We are both in the winter of life, time's uses are almost ended, and all that is blissful now are the memories of the past.
From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by William Henry Sparks
One can see in them the friendship and sentiments of the winter of life.
From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
It is true Dhyana that makes us bloom and smile, while the winter of life covets us with frost and snow.
From The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan by Kaiten Nukariya
One finds in them the friendship and feelings of that winter of life.
From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Henry Foljambe Hall
