Attic Quote by Sarah Ban Breathnach

At fifty the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore.

— Erica Jong

“At fifty-one, why would she choose to dispose of her house, uproot herself, and come here to be a part of your work if…

— Dean Koontz

Turning fifty ... is like flying: hours of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.

— Erica Jong

“Surely there is a limit to how much evil a woman can do after she turns seventy?”

— Thomas Enger

“When a woman turns forty she is no longer young, but not yet old.”

— Jane Harvey-Berrick

The woman over 50 must be very frank with herself.

— Elsa Schiaparelli

“Wise as she was, she realized that people can postpone their rebellious phases until they're eighty-five years old, and she decided to keep an…

— Tove Jansson

“There's an age where a woman has to move on to another kind of power. Money, for example. Or a gun.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five.

— William Holden

“Ageing, slightly mad and on the threshold of retirement, it was an uneasy combination and it was no wonder that people shied away from…

— Barbara Pym

The heyday of woman's life is the shady side of fifty.

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“Feeling young and old at the same time is the present." From FIFTY IS THE NEW FIFTY: 10 Life Lessons for Women in Second Adulthood”

— Suzanne Braun Levine