“ONE OF THE terrifying aspects of the twenties is the conviction that the choices we make are irrevocable. If we choose a… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“THE TRYING TWENTIES CONFRONTS US WITH THE QUESTION of how to take hold in the adult world. Incandescent with our molten energies,… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“The illusions of the twenties, however, may be essential to infuse our first commitments with excitement and intensity, and to sustain us… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“No matter how different the forms we choose, our concentration during the Trying Twenties is on mastering what we feel we are… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
“And to what degree does the young woman invent the man she marries? She often sees in him possibilities that no one… — 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
When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking. — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
Journalism today is obviously in a major transition. Going to journalism school, learning how to write, working your way up in a little paper… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
