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title: "1 Life Stage Quotes By Jill Ker Conway"
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> [Some friendships in life sustain themselves only at a particular life stage, products of some mutual developmental problem to be resolved together, or of some external circumstance, like being housed in the same dormitory in boarding school. Others grow out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-ker-conway/some-friendships-in-life-sustain-themselves-only-at-a-particular-life/)

[Jill Ker Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-ker-conway/)

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## More by Jill Ker Conway

> [I had the total attention of both my parents, and was secure in the knowledge of being loved ... My memories of falling asleep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-ker-conway/i-had-the-total-attention-of-both-my-parents-and-was-secure-in-the/)

[Jill Ker Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-ker-conway/)

> [I learned that time manages the most painful partings for us. One has only to set the date, buy the ticket, and let the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-ker-conway/i-learned-that-time-manages-the-most-painful-partings-for-us-one-has/)

[Jill Ker Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-ker-conway/)

> [“would place beside her in my mind’s eye the young competent woman, proud, courageous, and generous, I’d known as a child. I was living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-ker-conway/would-place-beside-her-in-my-mind-s-eye-the-young-competent-woman/)

[Jill Ker Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-ker-conway/)

> [“An adult life...is a slowly emerging design, with shifting components, occasional dramatic disruptions, and fresh creative arrangements.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-ker-conway/an-adult-life-is-a-slowly-emerging-design-with-shifting-components/)

[Jill Ker Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-ker-conway/)

> [William Armstrong is a great teacher. He speaks truthfullyabout the discipline required for learning, and about the pleasures oforder and system in acquiring knowledge.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-ker-conway/william-armstrong-is-a-great-teacher-he-speaks-truthfullyabout-the/)

[Jill Ker Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-ker-conway/)

> [“Her ideas were expressions of her inability to accept her own personal tragedy and her quest for some certainty on which she could rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-ker-conway/her-ideas-were-expressions-of-her-inability-to-accept-her-own/)

[Jill Ker Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-ker-conway/)

> [Why is autobiography the most popular form of fiction for modern readers?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-ker-conway/why-is-autobiography-the-most-popular-form-of-fiction-for-modern/)

[Jill Ker Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-ker-conway/)

> [Some friendships in life sustain themselves only at a particular life stage, products of some mutual developmental problem to be resolved together, or of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-ker-conway/some-friendships-in-life-sustain-themselves-only-at-a-particular-life/)

[Jill Ker Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-ker-conway/)

> [You never know what you'll want to write until it starts writing itself in your head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-ker-conway/you-never-know-what-you-ll-want-to-write-until-it-starts-writing/)

[Jill Ker Conway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-ker-conway/)

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