Although there are many trial marriages… there is no such thing as a trial child. – Gail Sheehy
There is no more defiant denial of one mans ability to possess one woman exclusively than the prostitute who refuses to redeemed. – Gail Sheehy
When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking. – Gail Sheehy
We hear the haunting presentiment of a dutiful middle age in the current reluctance of young people to select any option except the one they feel will impinge upon them the least. – Gail Sheehy