Gail Sheehy

"As we reach midlife . we are not prepared for the idea that time can run out on us, or for the startling truth that if we don't hurry to pursue our own definition of a meaningful existence, life can become a repetition of trivial maintenance duties. "

"Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation. "

"If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing. "

"If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. "