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“Midlife is the time to let go of an overdominant ego and to contemplate the deeper significance of human existence.”
― Carl Gustav Jung

“We don't see people as they are. We see people as we are.”
― Ana茂s Nin, Little Birds

“The capacity for growth depends on one鈥檚 ability to internalize and to take personal responsibility. If we forever see our life as a problem caused by others, a problem to be "solved," then no change will occur.”
― James Hollis, The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife

“How many of those who are insecure seek power over others as a compensation for inadequacy and wind up bringing consequences down upon their heads and those around them? How many hide out in their lives, resist the summons to show up, or live fugitive lives, jealous, projecting onto others, and then wonder why nothing ever really feels quite right. How many proffer compliance with the other, buying peace at the price of soul, and wind up with neither?”
― James Hollis, Hauntings: Dispelling the Ghosts Who Run Our Lives

“Mrs. Miniver suddenly understood why she was enjoying the forties so much better than she had enjoyed the thirties: it was the difference between August and October, between the heaviness of late summer and the sparkle of early autumn, between the ending of an old phase and the beginning of a fresh one.”
― Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver

“It鈥檚 not so much that we are losing our identities, but rather that we are no longer embracing false identities. If we hold on to what once defined us, we will miss out on the authentic identity we are being called to.”
― Dale Hanson Bourke, Second Calling: Finding Passion & Purpose for the Rest of Your Life

“I remember before I finally fell asleep feeling like there wasn't all that much to say about my life. I'd had several satisfying relationships, they hadn't amounted to much. I'd gotten better at my work and been rewarded for it, but I sometimes felt like life had run out of surprises for me. I did what I did and got the results I expected. I kept up my practice and it paid my way. My wheels made an agreeable noise when they spun.”
― John Darnielle, Devil House

“I could live this way indefinitely and I'd be all right ... I've done enough living and can now spend my time holding up the memories for contemplation, determining what it all meant. Images flood in: cities I've passed through; rooms where I've slept; friends who put me up or put up with me. In a couple of years I'll turn forty. Schopenhauer wrote that the first forty years are the text, the rest is the commentary. I see that, and yet I feel that I'm somehow at the start of a life, on the cusp, facing a future that's strange and turbulent but not entirely hopeless.”
― Rob Doyle, Autobibliography

“Excitement doesn't knock at your door any less when you're older than when you're younger. It's just that when you're younger, you're more likely to open the door and let it in. With age, you start growing ambivalent about excitement. You might say that you want it, but at the same time you're not sure you have the energy for it. Yet a surefire way to diminish your energy is to deny the Ultimate energy pill, which is participation in life itself.”
― Marianne Williamson, The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife

“Because air traffic was heavy, (the pilot) circled the area twice which gave me two hard looks at the expanse I dared myself to walk. All I could think as I looked down at the massive island of skyscrapers was, Holy shit, what have I gotten myself into?”
― Lisa Weldon, Twenty Pieces: A walk through love, loss and midlife reinvention

“It isn't the amount of our years that will determine the life we live now, but the amount of our love. Our future isn't determined by anything that happened 20 years ago, 30 years ago, or even 10 minutes ago. It's determined by who we are and what we think, right here, right now, in this moment. Almost every hour of every day, we'll find ourselves in a situation where we can be now who we weren't before. And from this newness in our being springs fresh opportunities we could never have imagined. God specializes in new beginnings.”
― Marianne Williamson, The Age of Miracles: Embracing the New Midlife

“You look troubled, daughter.鈥濃€�
鈥淚 tried to eat my boyfriend, father.”
― T.J. Deschamps, Eastside Witch Hunt

“At the same time you're also aware that upon attempting to re-enter normal life from "mom land" or "middle aged" land, or both - you'll be seen as a "weirdo" or "cranky" or "stubborn," or all of the above. Doesn't it make sense you'd think about just not going back? The end of the heroes journey is like the path of a rocket re-entering Earth's atmosphere. It must burn. Pieces blister and break off. You're not the same splashing down into the ocean as when you left. When you took off your boosters were ablaze, fueling the epic push of new life out of yourself and into Earth's orbit. Everyone at Mission Control stood and applauded. But the return is more like free-fall. The rocket that lands in the ocean doesn't look like the one that departed. It's a little pod-like thing, a charred husk of what took off. Instead of wings spreading, a parachute awkwardly collapses into the water. A butterfly in reverse. What's left is this metal shell, just a nub of what was there before. And yet, it's a nub that's been to space for f---'s sake. Just surviving is the success. So much of who I was - my daily habits, my identifying clothing - had to get thrown away in making room to become a mother. What's left of me is now sharing space with a little boy. And as a result, my mental capacity has been reduced from a decent three bed two bath apartment to at best a little tenement studio. While the tight space creates some cons, the pro is that what can come in and what cannot is pretty clear.”
― Jessi Klein, I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

“It was that magic of youth, hard to contain and impossible to recapture in midlife when one looks back wistfully, yearning to ignite that part of them that was burning out like a flickering candle in ceaseless summer storms.”
― Pamela L Hamilton, Lady Be Good Lib/E: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale

“It was that magic of youth, hard to contain and impossible to recapture in midlife when one looks back wistfully, yearning to ignite that part of them that was burning out like a flickering candle in ceaseless summer storms.”
― Pamela Hamilton, Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale

“How can I cash in all my experience points and get something useful? Like an energy drink or a bottle of Here鈥檚 What You Can Do with Your Life?”
― Jacki James, 45 and Holding

“At nearly 60, I had no choice but to get back in the game. Reviving my career was daunting, but it was the only lifeline I had.”
― Lisa Weldon, Twenty Pieces: A walk through love, loss and midlife reinvention

“Dangerously close to bankruptcy, we could in no way afford anything so frivolous. I wasn鈥檛 even sure the check I鈥檇 written for the deposit would actually clear. I knew better than to write it, but I had written it anyway. I wanted it that badly.”
― Lisa Weldon, Twenty Pieces: A walk through love, loss and midlife reinvention

“I鈥檇 spend a lot of energy reframing the gory details and just couldn鈥檛 slip and allow them to see my real truth.”
― Lisa Weldon, Twenty Pieces: A walk through love, loss and midlife reinvention

“2.3 miles at its widest point,鈥� Wikipedia claimed, and just 13.4 miles in length. How could a place so immense in my dreams, so powerful and alive, be so small?”
― Lisa Weldon, Twenty Pieces: A walk through love, loss and midlife reinvention

“I went through the photos, wondering what I鈥檇 put on a plaque if I had one. What message would tie up my life in just a few sentences and stand the test of time, years after I was gone? Like an obit, really, what in my life was most significant?”
― Lisa Weldon, Twenty Pieces: A walk through love, loss and midlife reinvention

“So, sensuality, the way I see it, has now become the developmental process of midlife 鈥榓wakening鈥�. Meaning that to really awaken to the life you were meant to live, you have to first awaken to your sensuality.”
― Lebo Grand

“He smiles and his wavy haired, bright eyed head scoops me in but quickly lands on Mimi. It lingers a bit long, his chest frozen as if the breath's been knocked out; he already loves her. Mothers know these things. It's the kind of love that springs from awe, attraction, intellectual curiosity, and finding a woman mom approves of... the girl next door with exciting fangs. I wonder if their offspring will have fangs.”
― Penelope Przekop, Centerpieces

“He smiles and his wavy haired, bright eyed head scoops me in but quickly lands on Mimi. It lingers a bit long, his chest frozen as if the breath's been knocked out; he already loves her. Mothers know these things. It's the kind of love that springs from awe, attraction, intellectual curiosity, and finding a woman mom approves of... the girl next door with exciting fangs. I wonder if their offspring will have fangs. - Holly Carter”
― Penelope Przekop, Centerpieces

“At the center of my life, I have found new hope and a renewed direction. I feel the communal surge of spirit amidst a group of people who had, like us, lost theirs to some degree in the places they fled. I will not allow Theo to bring me down. I will lift him up.”
― Penelope Przekop, Centerpieces

“Life isn't mapped out for us, Tom,' I say. 'We can change! We can do it together. Let's not give up on each other now. There is too much to lose; I love you.”
― Penelope Przekop, Centerpieces

“Life isn't mapped out for us, Tom," I say. "We can change! We can do it together. Let's not give up on each other now. There is too much to lose; I love you.”
― Penelope Przekop, Centerpieces

“I might not know much about being a witch per se, but I know this: it's kind of a one-size-fits-all deal. Having gifts, being a wise woman, reading tarot--whatever your witchy quirks might be--those aspects of your life don't disappear just because you're busy for a few years changing diapers and driving kids to soccer practice.”
― Red Tash, Miss Fitz Discovers Midlife Magic

“I still matter. I can鈥檛 believe I鈥檓 even having to tell myself that.”
― Cate Ray, The Younger Woman

“Life is a blend of striving, learning, and embracing the chaos.”
― Steve Ghikadis, Humanism from the Heart: Building Bridges Beyond Belief