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" I actually interviewed other people about myself, and that alerted me to the fact that I had to really investigate my memories. "

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" The delights of self-discovery are always available. "

" In the case of my husband, we found that facing a life-threatening illness prodded us to make a dramatic change in our lives. "

" I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children. "

" We have to move from the unbridled pursuit of self-gain at the expense of others to recovering appreciation for what we gain by caring and sharing with one another. "

" Married at 23, a mother at 24, and blindsided by divorce at 28, I found myself struggling, like many young women I meet today, to strike a balance between my personal life and my career. "

" There is no more defiant denial of one man's ability to possess one woman exclusively than the prostitute who refuses to redeemed. "

" I do think taking the 20s to take the most chances you can is important, because you're not going to hurt anyone else during that time. And if you do have a partner, you need a couple years to rehearse that relationship. "

" I found the happiest woman in America is between 50 and 55, is happily married, has made significant progress in her career, and lives in a community where she can easily exercise outside. But the most important single thing was she had her last child before she was 35. "

" Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower. "

" The feminist spirit still lives! It shows most boldly among younger women from the millennial generation. "

" Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow. "

" It was so naive to think that there was nothing interesting that happened after 55. Come on, there's a whole second adulthood! "

" You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn. "

" No one can control the aging process or the trajectory of illness. "

" I found that female pathfinders generally integrate characteristics commonly associated with being women - like the capacity to be intimate - with 'male' ones like ambition and courage. "

" When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life. "

" You have a new role: family caregiver. It's a role nobody applies for. You don't expect it. You won't be prepared. You probably won't even identify yourself as a caregiver. "

" Back in 1968, when I was 30, my entire life blew up. I had a life plan, and it collapsed for no rational reason. "

" Stress overload makes us stupid. Solid research proves it. When we get overstressed, it creates a nasty chemical soup in our brains that makes it hard to pull out of the anxious depressive spiral. "

" The dream for many millennial women is to make a difference as social or political entrepreneurs. They are using the social media and marketing tools they have mastered to empower less fortunate women and direct them onto career tracks that women have traditionally avoided, like science and technology. "

" In rough times, pathfinders rely on work, friends, humor and prayer. They develop a support network. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I do think women can have it all - but not all women. If you take daring steps and are smart about it, you can probably have it all. But you might have to wait a while. "

" In the first phase of shock over, say, your mortgage being called in or your job washed out, it's essential to engage with others and share the fear, release the feelings, do fun things to take your mind off it. "

" If you're the person living closest to the parent who's going to need help, and you take on the whole role of primary caregiver, you can be pretty sure your sibling who lives farthest away is going to call you and say, 'You don't know what you're doing.' Because they're not on the spot, and they probably feel guilty. "

" It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes. "

" I'm a liberal, but I think there's so much that the private sector can do and does do. "