‘For me, getting older physically seems to be epitomized in the feeling that I look like my mother. She’s really attractive … It’s just that I can see that she’s older, and I’m not supposed to be.’
– Charlotte Wilson Hammond
‘My view of the world is slowly becoming more integrated. Sometimes I feel as if I’ve walked to the top of a mountain, and can look down and see all around.’
– Lesia Gregorovitch
‘Some women have told me that they’re too old at fifty. And I wondered to myself why – at fifty – would anyone think herself too old?’
– Linda Silver Dranoff
‘Now I look upon everything I do … and say, ’Is this how I’m going to be using the energy that I have, or am I going to use it in a different way?’
– Roberta Bondar
‘The most important thing is not to be afraid.’
– Kim Campbell
Sobre o autor
Andrea Mudry is an editor and award-winning writer with special interest in social issues and the arts. She has degrees in the humanities from the University of Toronto and Bristol University. A Toronto native, Andrea lives in Guelph, Ontario, with her husband, Peter Brigg.