--- title: "1 Friend Impossible Quotes By Anne Roiphe" description: "1 Friend Impossible quotes by Anne Roiphe. Plus more from Anne Roiphe and more Friend Impossible sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/anne-roiphe-12677_friendship_i-am-not-a-perfect-friend-and-it-is-impo_1479981.jpg" --- > [I am not a perfect friend, and it is impossible not to rebuff or be rebuffed if you move about the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/i-am-not-a-perfect-friend-and-it-is-impossible-not-to-rebuff-or-be/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/anne-roiphe-12677_friendship_i-am-not-a-perfect-friend-and-it-is-impo_1479981.jpg) ## More by Anne Roiphe > [There is cruelty in divorce. There is cruelty in forced or unfortunate marriage. We will continue to cry at weddings because we know how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/there-is-cruelty-in-divorce-there-is-cruelty-in-forced-or-unfortunate/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [God is a God of Lovingkindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/god-is-a-god-of-lovingkindness/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [“I carried with me into the West End Bar, the White Horse Tavern, a long list of things I would never do: I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/i-carried-with-me-into-the-west-end-bar-the-white-horse-tavern-a-long/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [Many writers do write about their families and their immediate loved ones and love experiences, either as children or as adults. And very often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/many-writers-do-write-about-their-families-and-their-immediate-loved/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [When I grew up, you needed to have straight hair. It's symbolic of needing to be like everyone else, needing to look like everyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/when-i-grew-up-you-needed-to-have-straight-hair-it-s-symbolic-of/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [Most of us don't have mothers who blazed a trail for us--at least, not all the way. Coming of age before or during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/most-of-us-don-t-have-mothers-who-blazed-a-trail-for-us-at-least-not/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [I think that certainly the artists of the '40s, '50s and '60s were fighting a very conformist society, which didn't give them enough space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/i-think-that-certainly-the-artists-of-the-40s-50s-and-60s-were/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [I would prefer you not to say, "That was the most terribly written piece I've ever read." That would hurt me. But you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/i-would-prefer-you-not-to-say-that-was-the-most-terribly-written/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [My mother had died when I wrote my first book. I was twenty-seven, so it was right at the beginning of my writing life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/my-mother-had-died-when-i-wrote-my-first-book-i-was-twenty-seven-so/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [I have always been fascinated by the human mind, conscious and unconscious - that is what writing and reading is about, too. The why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/i-have-always-been-fascinated-by-the-human-mind-conscious-and/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/what-other-people-think-of-me-is-not-really-my-major-concern-in-life/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [A person who has no secrets is a liar. We always fold ourselves away from others just enough to preserve a secret or two,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/a-person-who-has-no-secrets-is-a-liar-we-always-fold-ourselves-away/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [Reader, you forget that economics precedes religion; worship grew out of eating, not the other way around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/reader-you-forget-that-economics-precedes-religion-worship-grew-out/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [People always tell me either A. you love him. B. you hate him. My usual answer? C. All of the above.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/people-always-tell-me-either-a-you-love-him-b-you-hate-him-my-usual/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) > [Our mythology tells us so much about fathers and sons. ... What do we know about mothers and daughters? ... Our power is so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/our-mythology-tells-us-so-much-about-fathers-and-sons-what-do-we-know/) [Anne Roiphe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-roiphe/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friend-impossible/anne-roiphe/#itemlist", "name": "1 Friend Impossible Quotes By Anne Roiphe", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am not a perfect friend, and it is impossible not to rebuff or be rebuffed if you move about the world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anne Roiphe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-roiphe/i-am-not-a-perfect-friend-and-it-is-impossible-not-to-rebuff-or-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/anne-roiphe-12677_friendship_i-am-not-a-perfect-friend-and-it-is-impo_1479981.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/anne-roiphe-12677_friendship_i-am-not-a-perfect-friend-and-it-is-impo_1479981.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/anne-roiphe-12677_friendship_i-am-not-a-perfect-friend-and-it-is-impo_1479981.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am not a perfect friend, and it is impossible not to rebuff or be rebuffed if you move about the world.” — Anne Roiphe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friend-impossible/anne-roiphe/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friend-impossible/anne-roiphe/", "name": "Friend Impossible Quotes by Anne Roiphe", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friend-impossible/anne-roiphe/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55a/anne-roiphe-12677_friendship_i-am-not-a-perfect-friend-and-it-is-impo_1479981.jpg" }, "description": "1 Friend Impossible quotes by Anne Roiphe. 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