“ I found that female pathfinders generally integrate characteristics commonly associated with being women - like the capacity to be intimate - with 'male' ones like ambition and courage. Gail Sheehy
“ The source of continuing aliveness was to find your passion and pursue it with whole heart and single mind. Gail Sheehy
“ Changes are not predictable but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation. Gail Sheehy
“ I do think taking the 20s to take the most chances you can is important, because you're not going to hurt anyone else during that time. And if you do have a partner, you need a couple years to rehears… Gail Sheehy
“ When men reach their sixties and retire they go to pieces. Women just go right on cooking. Gail Sheehy
“ Changes are not only possible and predictable but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation. 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. Gail Sheehy
“ Transformation also means looking for ways to stop pushing yourself so hard professionally or inviting so much stress. Gail Sheehy
“ In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network. Gail Sheehy
“ Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respec… Gail Sheehy
“ In my memoir, I admit that I've been as fearful of success as of failure. In fact, when 'Passages' was published, I so dreaded bad reviews that I ran away to Italy with a girlfriend and our children t… Gail Sheehy
