Jacob Lawrence, "Killing the Incurable and Aged" (1943)
Jacob Lawrence, Killing the Incurable and Aged (1943)
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October 25, 2003:

It never stops.

People say, "S/he'll grow out of it." Naive. Over time we become our flaws. Personality ticks which were dismissed as signals of immaturity become dominant with age.

People don't ripen so much as fester.