As we reach midlife in the middle thirties or early forties, we are not prepared for the idea that time can run out on us, or for the startling truth that if we don't hurry to pursue our own definition… — 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 pulling off some cartwheel of thought or action never even imagined at a younger age. — 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
