I feel about exercise the same way that I feel about a few other things: that there is nothing wrong with it… — Anna Quindlen Adults Copy Share Image
Well, we tell our kids things like 'don't gossip' and then an hour later they hear us on the phone. Stuff like… — Anna Quindlen Gossip Copy Share Image
The voices of conformity speak so loudly. Don't listen to them. No one does the right thing out of fear. If you… — Anna Quindlen Conformity Copy Share Image
Novels are usually built on conflict, sometimes very, very difficult conflict. It's why men write war novels - because there you go,… — Anna Quindlen Books Copy Share Image
Athletes are American princes and the locker room is their castle. Some of them behave in princely fashion, become legitimate heroes to… — Anna Quindlen Athlete Copy Share Image
Ask any woman how she makes it through the day, and she may mention her calendar, her to-do lists, her babysitter. But… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society. — Anna Quindlen Community Copy Share Image
“Life is haphazard. We plan, and then we deal when the plans go awry. Control is an illusion; best intentions are the… — Anna Quindlen Best intentions Copy Share Image
Young men kill someone for a handful of coins, then are remorseless, even casual: Hey, man, things happen. And their parents nab… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Uncontrollable consumerism has become a watchword of our culture despite regular and compelling calls for its end. The United States has more… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Consider the lilies of the field. Look at the fuzz on a baby's ear. Read in the backyard with the sun on… — Anna Quindlen Baby Copy Share Image
Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers' incredible strength. We fear… — Anna Quindlen Children Copy Share Image
“I know from experience that those least capable of truly assessing any marriage are the children who come out of it. We… — Anna Quindlen Child Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people, but particularly a lot of women, get to this stage when I'd say they're over 50.… — Anna Quindlen Faces Copy Share Image
The reason child care is such a loaded issue is that when we talk about it, we are always tacitly talking about… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“I'm fine," she said. But her smile was bleak, without light or warmth. And for the first time I thought of what… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Keeping kids safe is sometimes a delusion. The world is a perilous place. Sometimes the kitchen is a perilous place. — Anna Quindlen Children Copy Share Image
All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“My husband and I have together created three children, but we have separate finances, and that’s the way I like it.” — Anna Quindlen Children Copy Share Image
My father expected his first child to be a boy, and when it didn't turn out that way he didn't let the… — Anna Quindlen Boys Copy Share Image
Poor kids are much more likely to become sick than their richer counterparts, but much less likely to have health insurance. Talk… — Anna Quindlen Care Copy Share Image
I know the difference now between dedication and infatuation. That doesn't mean I don't still get an enormous kick out of infatuation;:… — Anna Quindlen Adrenaline Copy Share Image
those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about… — Anna Quindlen Books Copy Share Image
Kids and violent TV, violent TV and violence, violence and kids. The only people missing from this discussion are the parents. Where… — Anna Quindlen Children Copy Share Image
Raising a child is a little like Picasso's work; in the beginning he did very conventional representational things. Cubism came after he… — Anna Quindlen Artist Copy Share Image
I don't really read what people write about me. Someone gives my novel one star; are they a troll? Are they someone… — Anna Quindlen Books Copy Share Image
I hope readers will do what I do when I read a novel I like: talk in ways that will illuminate their… — Anna Quindlen Books Copy Share Image
“I’ve finally recognized my body for what it is: a personality-delivery system, designed expressly to carry my character from place to place,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
This is why I had children: to offer them a perfect dream of childhood that can fill their souls as they grow… — Anna Quindlen Childhood Copy Share Image
I stopped going to mass, and boy, it was painful for me, and it was certainly painful for my family, but I… — Anna Quindlen Behavior Copy Share Image
Frankly, I'm mainly telling the story to myself. Thinking about audience is too daunting, and worst case, invites you to homogenize, to… — Anna Quindlen Audience Copy Share Image
I go online all the time, I just don't read about myself. I read a fashion website called Go Fug Yourself. I… — Anna Quindlen Fashion Copy Share Image
I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition to sexual freedom is to write letters… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The one thing that I always got positive reinforcement for from teachers, who really changed my life, was the written word. — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“My doctor says that, contrary to conventional wisdom, she doesn't believe our memories flag because of a drop in estrogen but because… — Anna Quindlen Conventional wisdom Copy Share Image
I don't have to listen to the Gospel on Sunday to know the stories of the New Testament. They inform so much… — Anna Quindlen Brain Copy Share Image
“Perhaps only when we've made our peace with our own selves can we really be the kind of friends who listen, advise,… — Anna Quindlen Friend Copy Share Image
And a great misunderstanding is that children think their parents are grown-up, and parents feel obliged to act as if they were. — Anna Quindlen Child Copy Share Image
In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle… — Anna Quindlen Bread Copy Share Image
You are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life ... Your entire life ... Not just the life… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
