Author: Gail Sheehy

Quotes

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.

- Gail Sheehy

Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower.

Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower.

- Gail Sheehy

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!

- Gail Sheehy

In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.

In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network.

- Gail Sheehy

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

- Gail Sheehy

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.

If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.

- Gail Sheehy

Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath.

Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath.

- Gail Sheehy

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.

- Gail Sheehy

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 develops in meeting those tests.

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 develops in meeting those tests.

- Gail Sheehy

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