Who said “Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting.…”?

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Philip Larkin. A published source records them saying or writing it.

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Larkin, P. (n.d.). Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/5862-perhaps-being-old-is-having-lighted-rooms-inside/

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Larkin, Philip. “Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/5862-perhaps-being-old-is-having-lighted-rooms-inside/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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Larkin, Philip. “Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people in them, acting. People you know, yet can't quite name.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/5862-perhaps-being-old-is-having-lighted-rooms-inside/.

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