For is it not possible that middle age can be looked upon as a period of second flowering, second growth, even a kind of second adolescence? It is true that society in general does not help one accept this interpretation of the second half of life.

For is it not possible that middle age can be looked upon as a period of second flowering, second growth, even a kind of second adolescence? It is true that society in general does not help one accept this interpretation of the second half of life.

Go with the pain, let it take you. Open your palms and your body to the pain. It comes in waves like the tide and you must be open as a vessel lying on the beach, letting it fill you up and then, retreating, leaving you empty and clear.

Woman can best refind herself by losing herself in some kind of creative activity of her own.

the final lesson of learning to be independent - widowhood ... is the hardest lesson of all.

If one talks to more than four people, it is an audience; and one cannot really think or exchange thoughts with an audience.

Why is it that you can sometimes feel the reality of people more keenly through a letter than face to face?