" Most of us fear that in growing old, we’ll become a shell of ourselves. But, of course, it’s the youthful versions of ourselves that are our shells; we must leave them behind like a snakeskin. We must grow out of ourselves to grow beyond our old limits, or else risk being suffocated by the sediment of our own history. "

― Pamela Redmond Satran , 30 Things Every Woman Should Have and Should Know by the Time She's 30