All Gail Sheehy Quotes
- If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing. Aging
- Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation. Accomplice
- Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath. Breath
- It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes. Finishes
- The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity. Age
- The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he… Action
- There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively than the prostitute who refuses to redeemed. Ability
- If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. Change
- Husbands come and go; children come and eventually they go. Friends grow up and move away. But the one thing that's never lost is your… Best
- Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help. Everyone
- People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them. Grief
- We see it in the body, that if you just give the body enough rest and comfort, it has remarkable self-healing capacities. Well, so does… Body
- I do think women can have it all - but not all women. If you take daring steps and are smart about it, you can… All
- I found the happiest woman in America is between 50 and 55, is happily married, has made significant progress in her career, and lives in… America
- It seems like, to me, somewhere between 30 and 35 is a really, really good time to turn your eggs into babies. Babies
- Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow. Character
- I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories. Alerted
- This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because… Ask
- No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness. Aging
- In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dramatic change in our lives. Case
- The first thing one notices about Jill Abramson is her short stature. The second is her intensity. First Thing
- I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in… Adulthood
- Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older. Childhood
- The feminist spirit still lives! It shows most boldly among younger women from the millennial generation. Among
- The dream for many millennial women is to make a difference as social or political entrepreneurs. They are using the social media and marketing tools… Avoided