As we reach midlife in the middle thirties or early forties, we are not prepared for the idea that time can run… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
The present never ages. Each moment is like a snowflake, unique, unspoiled, unrepeatable, and can be appreciated in its surprisingness. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
The fundamental steps of expansion that will open a person, over time, to the full flowering of his or her individuality are… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
We hear the haunting presentiment of a dutiful middle age in the current reluctance of young people to select any option except… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
According to the prevailing mythology, to be younger is to be better; therefore, we should expect to find young people in the… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
My mother had demonstrated that the best way to defeat the numbing ambivalence of middle age is to surprise yourself - by… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“Further discomfort from these new realities afflicts men who expected to reach a certain level by dint of their white maleness but who now… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
By listening, by caring, by playing you back to yourself, friends ratify your better instincts and endorse your unique worth. Friends validate you. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
The first thing one notices about Jill Abramson is her short stature. The second is her intensity. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“Ignorant of our own and our mate’s inner life, we are ruled largely by external forces at this stage.” — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“The other real forces urging young people into marriages generally sift down to one of the following: the need for safety, the need to… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
