Influences
Books from Sheehy’s Passages series remain largely influential in American culture. A Library of Congress survey named Passages one of the 10 most-influential books of our time.
Sheehy introduced terms that have passed into the American lexicon: Passages, Pulling Up Roots; Catch-30; Age 40 Crucible; Deadline Decade; The Sexual Diamond; Second Adulthood.
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Famous quotes containing the word influences:
“However diligent she may be, however dedicated, no mother can escape the larger influences of culture, biology, fate . . . until we can actually live in a society where mothers and children genuinely matter, ours is an essentially powerless responsibility. Mothers carry out most of the work orders, but most of the rules governing our lives are shaped by outside influences.”
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)
“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. Let them be your only diet drink and botanical medicines.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I don’t believe in villains or heroes, only in right or wrong ways that individuals are taken, not by choice, but by necessity or by certain still uncomprehended influences in themselves, their circumstances and their antecedents.”
—Tennessee Williams (1914–1983)