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The writer names three quoted phrases or works while associating understanding with something good, special and hard about getting old.

The writer connects reading or understanding with age. Readers may recognize literary echoes in the quoted phrases, but the scan's spellings should not be replaced by assumed canonical titles.

A handwritten note: 'UnderstANd "MEdliNg / PickALous", ANd uNdEr- / stANdiNg "WAitiNg for / GAdo", ANd "FiNNEgANS / WAKE" is AdmitiNg somE- / thiNg good', ending 'hArd About / gEttiNg old.'

The note ties hard modern works to the experience of aging; the titles are kept as written, not corrected to their published forms.