Sheehy

Famous quotes containing the word sheehy:

    There is no more defiant denial of one man’s ability to possess one woman exclusively than the prostitute who refuses to redeemed.
    —Gail Sheehy (b. 1937)

    The work of adult life is not easy. As in childhood, each step presents not only new tasks of development but requires a letting go of the techniques that worked before. With each passage some magic must be given up, some cherished illusion of safety and comfortably familiar sense of self must be cast off, to allow for the greater expansion of our distinctiveness.
    —Gail Sheehy (20th century)

    We must be willing to change chairs if we want to grow. There is no permanent compatibility between a chair and a person. And there is no one right chair. What is right at one stage may be restricting at another or too soft. During the passage from one stage to another, we will be between two chairs. Wobbling no doubt, but developing.
    —Gail Sheehy (20th century)