Gail Sheehy Quotes

by operating on the principle of human and material obsolescence, America eats her history alive.

Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath.

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

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

The delights of self-discovery are always available.

No sooner do we think we have assembled a comfortable life than we find a piece of ourselves that has no place to fit in.

The secret in the search for meaning is to find your passion and pursue it.

Young women who I think do the best job of balancing family life and a big career start businesses or work for themselves. That's the best way of being in charge of your life.

Journalism today is obviously in a major transition. Going to journalism school, learning how to write, working your way up in a little paper in Decatur, Georgia and then moving to Atlanta and then maybe to New York: it's just over. You have to have a whole other set of skills now. You have to be a videographer, you have to do social media. You can't do a long, thoughtful, insightful piece if you don't have the time to do reporting, particularly reporting around somebody who doesn't want to be known or an issue that doesn't want to reveal itself.