Crumble on the edges
Life, for people, begins to crumble on the edges; they don’t realize it. ~ Dorothea Lange
life
The Wishbone
A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone. ~ Robert Frost
Really good books
It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own. ~ Arthur Conan Doyle