Gail Sheehy

When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

If you wish to clear away the clouds of thought, simply keep your mind in the present.

When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter.

If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

Careful. We don’t want to learn from this.

The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.

The way out of life and death is not some special technique; essential thing is to penetrate to the root of life and death.

When I’m feeling anxious or depressed, I do find it helps to reach for a pen and paper. There is something about writing things down, that hand-eye combination, that makes me feel calmer.

I’m embarrassed to say a good chick flick – I’m an old romantic.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.