155 Quotes by Gail Sheehy

A restless vitality wells up as we approach 30.

The one thing prostitution is not is a 'victimless crime.' It attracts a wide species of preying criminals and generates a long line of victims, beginning with the most obvious and least understood - the prostitute herself.

Men are not given awards and promotions for bravery in intimacy.

It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it ... These are the highest-paid 'professional' women in America.

My mother had demonstrated that the best way to defeat the numbing ambivalence of middle age is to surprise yourself - by pulling off some cartwheel of thought or action never even imagined at a younger age.

Leaders are people we as followers want to regard with awe as the fullest flowering of our own possibilities.

By listening, by caring, by playing you back to yourself, friends ratify your better instincts and endorse your unique worth. Friends validate you.

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

To hear how special and wonderful we are is endlessly enthralling.