Quotes by

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

To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist. – 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

If we dont change, we dont grow. If we dont grow, we arent really living. – Gail Sheehy

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of enough. Good enough. Successful enough. Thin enough. Rich enough. Socially responsible enough. When you have self-respect, you have enough. – Gail Sheehy

Although there are many trial marriages… there is no such thing as a trial child. – Gail Sheehy

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking. – Gail Sheehy