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Old Age Quotes in Cloud Atlas

How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

Would rather be music than be a mass of tubes squeezing semisolids around itself for a few decades before becoming so dribblesome it'll no longer function. (10.8.9)

In other words, Frobisher doesn't want to be the type of old person despised by Timothy Cavendish in Aurora House. We have a feeling he'd be a cool old person, though, like a male Judi Dench. As we learned from the quote above, it's all about attitude.