"With each passage of human growth we must……" — Gail Sheehy
"With each passage of human growth we must shed a protective structure . We are left exposed and vulnerable - but also yeasty and embryonic again, capable of stretching in ways we hadn't known before."
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69 Quotes by Gail Sheehy
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Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.
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Whether one has natural talent or not, any learning period requires the willingness to suffer uncertainty and embarrassment.
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To hear how special and wonderful we are is endlessly enthralling.
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The source of continuing aliveness was to find your passion and pursue it, with whole heart and single mind.
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