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

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

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity.

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity.

- 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

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 delights of self-discovery are always available.

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

- 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

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

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

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