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" People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them. "

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" One of the ways we women often handicap ourselves is thinking that once we've made a decision or a commitment, we can't change. "

" Most women have learned a great deal about how to set goals for our First Adulthood and how to roll with the punches when we hit a rough passage. But we're less prepared for our Second Adulthood as we approach life after retirement, where there are no fixed entrances or exits, and lots of sand into which it is easy to bury our heads. "

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

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

" This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because you need to keep on working on your own life. "

" Spontaneity, the hallmark of childhood, is well worth cultivating to counteract the rigidity that may otherwise set in as we grow older. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" We see it in the body, that if you just give the body enough rest and comfort, it has remarkable self-healing capacities. Well, so does the spirit. "

" 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. "

" Adapting to our Second Adulthood is not all about the money. It requires thinking about how to find a new locus of identity or how to adjust to a spouse who stops working and who may loll, enjoying coffee and reading the paper online while you're still commuting. "

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

" I dare to do things - that's how I survive. "

" The secret of a leader lies in the tests he has faced over the whole course of his life and the habit of action he develops in meeting those tests. "

" I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up. "

" Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath. "

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

" I know I'm never going to probably see the Taj Mahal or, you know, climb Mt. Everest, but I can still maybe influence peoples' way of thinking by a story that I do, by something I learn about the world. "

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

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

" Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as a freelance writer when I had to quit my job at the 'Herald Tribune' to stay home with my young daughter. "

" Being a pathfinder is to be willing to risk failure and still go on. "

" Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing. "

" In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers. "