“Sorrow is not itself evidence of maladjustment but of the adjustment process itself.” — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
“Retirement is the menopause of an employee’s mind and hands.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Evelyn stared into the empty ice cream carton and wondered where the smiling girl in the school pictures had gone.” — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
Menopause, perimenopause, childbirth and breast-feeding can all cause a woman's sex drive to shut down. — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
I had a bit of a male menopause. It started at the age of 18 and continued until I was 45. — Ian McShane Copy Share Image
MENstruation. MENopause. MENtal breakdowns. notice how all of womens problems start with men? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What has gotten into you lately? Save a little craziness for menopause! — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I did many interviews, and went out and talked to many people and went to rallies. It was the same thing with… — Cybill Shepherd Copy Share Image
It's such a cold night and it's the only time I've actively been grateful for menopause. I've been entirely comfortable. — Emma Thompson Copy Share Image
I feel special. Most women will have only one menopause, and they will hate it. I will have two, and when the… — Rose George Copy Share Image
Rock and menopause do not mix. It is not good, it sucks and every day I fight it to the death, or,… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
Scientists have found a way to keep middle-aged female mice from going through menopause. Now they're working on a way to keep… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
The only study that the federal government has engaged in with a vengeance is in trying to see if they can make… — Patricia Schroeder Copy Share Image
“Two thousand and seven was the year we officially entered our late twenties - the starting line of the death march to… — Helena Andrews Copy Share Image
Listen to this, sometime in ten years before menopause, you may experience symptoms including all month pms, fluid retention, insomnia, depression, hot… — Charlotte York Copy Share Image
“With age comes a softer view. You learn to pick your battles or just walk away altogether. You learn that it’s okay… — Gabrielle Jordan Copy Share Image
“You can do this (this thing, where your body will cease to produce hormones and your skin, hair, muscles and bones... basically… — Lisa Jey Davis Copy Share Image
“No, we’re not getting married,” I told my mother on the phone when she asked. “He’s going to California and I’m staying… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“In his 1873 Sex in Education; or A Fair Chance for the Girls, Harvard professor Edward Clarke argued that the female brain,… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
Women, post-menopause, go back to how they were before they started menstruating, and there's this great freedom in a woman's life when… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
“When I was suddenly thrust into what everyone calls menopause (Orchids) earlier than my body planned, I decided someone needed to take… — Lisa Jey Davis Copy Share Image
Why must the woman apologize for not having a baby just because she happened to get pregnant? It's as if we think… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
I remember years ago hearing a gynecologist say, "Women report a great sense of calm and well-being post-menopause." This was way before… — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
A married guy is responsible for everything, no matter what. Women, thanks to their having been oppressed all these years, are blameless,… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“Oh no, honey. Lots of women go through it early. Why, there was this woman over in Georgia who was only thirty-six-years-old… — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
“She remembered what her aunts had told her about a woman’s vaginal walls becoming thinner and drier in later years, which could… — David L. Wadley Copy Share Image
“[Hot flashes] are the prime cause of sleep disruption in women over age fifty, Suzanne Woodward of Wayne State University School of… — Michael Smolensky Copy Share Image
“I am not going to give you disclaimers about what you can expect to find in my story. I went through menopause… — BadSquirrel Copy Share Image
“I call the Change of Life "Orchids" because menopause is such an ugly word. It's got men in it for goddsakes.” — Lisa Jey Davis Copy Share Image
My mum and grandmother didn't start their menopause until their early fifties. — Amanda Redman Copy Share Image
Transsexualism is, basically, just another, more drastic twist on the male menopause — Julie Burchill Copy Share Image
I wish we were more open about the menopause - I've been in absolute bits at times. — Amanda Redman Copy Share Image