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I do not wish to grow old, to outlive my illusions. Only a short respite from cares and sorrow, a brief time of flowers, and music, and love, and laughter, and ecstatic tears.
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This page presents the quote "I do not wish to grow old, to outlive my illusions. Only a short respite from cares and sorrow, a brief time of flowers, and music, and love, and laughter, and ecstatic tears.". Author of this quote is Anne Reeve Aldrich. This quote is about time, sorrow, ecstatic, flower, and love, tears, respite, wish, music,.