155 Quotes by Gail Sheehy

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity.

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

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.

I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.

In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dramatic change in our lives.

No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness.

My husband, Clay Felker, died 17 years after his first cancer due to secondary conditions that developed from treatment.

You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn.

Adapting to our Second Adulthood is not all about the money. It requires thinking about how to find a new locus of identity or how to adjust to a spouse who stops working and who may loll, enjoying coffee and reading the paper online while you're still commuting.