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“If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.”
“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another!”
“It seems like, to me, somewhere between 30 and 35 is a really, really good time to turn your eggs into babies.”
“Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.”
“Jill Clayburgh's life so closely paralleled mine, I feel as though a part of me lived a little through her and died a little with her.”
“No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness.”
“Back in 1968, when I was 30, my entire life blew up. I had a life plan, and it collapsed for no rational reason.”
“I dare to do things - that's how I survive.”
“I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going to dive into a jellyfish or the water's going to be too cold or the boys are going to beat me. I'm just doing it. And if I do it, it's a good chance I'll make it.”
“I keep returning to the central question facing over-50 women as we move into our Second Adulthood. What are our goals for this stage in our lives?”
“Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream.”
“Growth demands a temporary surrender of security.”