# Quote — Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Uncle Silas

> There comes with old age a time when the heart is no longer fusible or malleable, and must retain the form in which it has cooled down.

- Author: [Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu.md)
- Book: [Uncle Silas](https://www.leafyquotes.com/joseph-sheridan-le-fanu/uncle-silas.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sheridan_Le_Fanu#Uncle_Silas_(1864)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [old age](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/old-age.md)
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