--- title: "16 Thinking Quotes By Blanche Wiesen Cook" description: "16 Thinking quotes by Blanche Wiesen Cook. Plus more from Blanche Wiesen Cook and more Thinking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_active_and-during-the-campaign-of-1936-she-writ_2498511.png" --- > [And during the campaign of 1936, she writes that she and her brother would always rather be out doing things when they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/and-during-the-campaign-of-1936-she-writes-that-she-and-her-brother/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_active_and-during-the-campaign-of-1936-she-writ_2498511.png) > [Eleanor Roosevelt doesn't ever do anything that is going to hurt her husband. She tries things out on him. She gets permission…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/eleanor-roosevelt-doesn-t-ever-do-anything-that-is-going-to-hurt-her/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_amazing-things_eleanor-roosevelt-doesn-t-ever-do-anythi_2282867.png) > [In one way, it is this sense of order and also love that, I think, really saved Eleanor Roosevelt's life. And in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/in-one-way-it-is-this-sense-of-order-and-also-love-that-i-think/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_accounts_in-one-way-it-is-this-sense-of-order-and_987407.jpg) > [I think Eleanor Roosevelt's so popular at Allenswood because it's the first time she is, number one, free. But it's the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/i-think-eleanor-roosevelt-s-so-popular-at-allenswood-because-it-s-the/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_ability_i-think-eleanor-roosevelt-s-so-popular-a_1666428.png) > [Eleanor Roosevelt started off almost every early article she wrote, starting with, "My mother was the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/eleanor-roosevelt-started-off-almost-every-early-article-she-wrote/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_articles_eleanor-roosevelt-started-off-almost-eve_2448428.png) > [I think that Hick was in love with Eleanor, and Eleanor was in love with Hick. I think it's very important to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/i-think-that-hick-was-in-love-with-eleanor-and-eleanor-was-in-love/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a5/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_ardor_i-think-that-hick-was-in-love-with-elean_2418986.png) > [She writes that one of the moments that she felt most useful was when her mother had a headache, and she would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/she-writes-that-one-of-the-moments-that-she-felt-most-useful-was-when/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_dedicated_she-writes-that-one-of-the-moments-that_2525417.jpg) > [I think FDR was very dashing and charming and debonair, and probably reminded her of her father. A great bon-vivant. He loved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/i-think-fdr-was-very-dashing-and-charming-and-debonair-and-probably/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_alas_i-think-fdr-was-very-dashing-and-charmin_2722626.png) > [She really is a completely different First Lady. Eleanor Roosevelt was not going to suffer and withdraw in the White House. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/she-really-is-a-completely-different-first-lady-eleanor-roosevelt-was/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_big-houses_she-really-is-a-completely-different-fir_3128574.jpg) > [I think her Grandmother Hall gave her a great sense of family love, and reassurance. Her grandmother did love her, like her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/i-think-her-grandmother-hall-gave-her-a-great-sense-of-family-love/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_amount_i-think-her-grandmother-hall-gave-her-a_622970.jpg) > [I mean, if you pause over what it means at the age of 76 that Eleanor Roosevelt wrote, the happiest single day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/i-mean-if-you-pause-over-what-it-means-at-the-age-of-76-that-eleanor/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_age_i-mean-if-you-pause-over-what-it-means-a_3182717.png) > [I think Eleanor Roosevelt always had a most incredible comfort writing letters. I mean, she was in the habit of writing letters.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/i-think-eleanor-roosevelt-always-had-a-most-incredible-comfort/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_comfort_i-think-eleanor-roosevelt-always-had-a-m_868674.png) > [Her mother died at the age of 29, essentially turning her face to the wall and deciding to die. And so we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/her-mother-died-at-the-age-of-29-essentially-turning-her-face-to-the/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42a/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_abandonment_her-mother-died-at-the-age-of-29-essenti_614759.png) > [I think that Eleanor Roosevelt really learned about the limits of power and influence from Arthurdale. She could not make some things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/i-think-that-eleanor-roosevelt-really-learned-about-the-limits-of/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_agendas_i-think-that-eleanor-roosevelt-really-le_3150259.jpg) > [I think that, very often there's a pain that's just too painful to touch. You'll break apart. And I think her mother's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/i-think-that-very-often-there-s-a-pain-that-s-just-too-painful-to/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96b/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_abandonment_i-think-that-very-often-there-s-a-pain-t_2221006.png) > [Eleanor Roosevelt never thought that she was attractive. She never thought that she was really sufficiently appealing. And I think her whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/eleanor-roosevelt-never-thought-that-she-was-attractive-she-never/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/157/blanche-wiesen-cook-13340_attention_eleanor-roosevelt-never-thought-that-she_1887438.png) ## Other authors on Thinking - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 447 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 440 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 357 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 292 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 243 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 184 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/cassandra-clare/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 161 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 161 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 146 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/albert-einstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 143 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-taylor-swift-89132.jpg) Taylor Swift 137 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/taylor-swift/) ## More by Blanche Wiesen Cook > [Women who love women, who choose women to nurture and support and to create a living environment in which to work creatively and independently,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/women-who-love-women-who-choose-women-to-nurture-and-support-and-to/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [And Grandmother Hall really imagines that she can raise Eleanor and her two brothers differently than these children were raised. And if she is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/and-grandmother-hall-really-imagines-that-she-can-raise-eleanor-and/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [And you can really see in all of these issues that are priorities for Eleanor Roosevelt, where the compromises are painful, the compromises are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/and-you-can-really-see-in-all-of-these-issues-that-are-priorities-for/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [Well, when Eleanor Roosevelt's mother dies, she goes to live with her Grandmother Hall. And her Grandmother Hall is in mourning. She's in widow's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/well-when-eleanor-roosevelt-s-mother-dies-she-goes-to-live-with-her/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [So in 1924, Eleanor Roosevelt really gets a sense of what the limits of the battle and the contours of the battle are going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/so-in-1924-eleanor-roosevelt-really-gets-a-sense-of-what-the-limits/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [On international relations, Eleanor Roosevelt really takes a great shocking leadership position on the World Court. In fact, it amuses me. The very first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/on-international-relations-eleanor-roosevelt-really-takes-a-great/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [Her mother died at the age of 29, essentially turning her face to the wall and deciding to die. And so we can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/her-mother-died-at-the-age-of-29-essentially-turning-her-face-to-the/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [I think her Grandmother Hall gave her a great sense of family love, and reassurance. Her grandmother did love her, like her father, unconditionally.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/i-think-her-grandmother-hall-gave-her-a-great-sense-of-family-love/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [ But it's also the beginning of another level of liberation for her\]Eleanor Roosevelt\], because when she returns to New York, she gets very involved… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/but-it-s-also-the-beginning-of-another-level-of-liberation-for-her/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [ And her \[Eleanor Roosevelt\] Grandmother Hall provided her really with a quite wonderful education, and a freedom that, within the framework of Tivoli (which… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/and-her-eleanor-roosevelt-grandmother-hall-provided-her-really-with-a/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [Eleanor Roosevelt loved to write. She was a wonderful child writer. I mean, she wrote beautiful essays and stories as a child. And Marie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/eleanor-roosevelt-loved-to-write-she-was-a-wonderful-child-writer-i/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [Eleanor Roosevelt fights for an anti-lynch law with the NAACP, with Walter White and Mary McLeod Bethune. And she begs FDR to say one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/eleanor-roosevelt-fights-for-an-anti-lynch-law-with-the-naacp-with/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [I think Eleanor Roosevelt always had a most incredible comfort writing letters. I mean, she was in the habit of writing letters. And that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/i-think-eleanor-roosevelt-always-had-a-most-incredible-comfort/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [And of course, FDR was very charming. At 6'2", he was tall enough to be her beau, and they made a beautiful couple. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/and-of-course-fdr-was-very-charming-at-6-2-he-was-tall-enough-to-be/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) > [Well, the reality of her father was that he was a very diseased alcoholic, who died at the age of 34. And one always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blanche-wiesen-cook/well-the-reality-of-her-father-was-that-he-was-a-very-diseased/) [Blanche Wiesen Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blanche-wiesen-cook/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thinking/blanche-wiesen-cook/#itemlist", "name": "16 Thinking Quotes By Blanche Wiesen Cook", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And during the campaign of 1936, she writes that she and her brother would always rather be out doing things when they're sick, rather than take to their beds. And I think Eleanor Roosevelt always responded to pain by doing more, by doing something, by being active. And I think she just couldn't bear to look at her childhood grief. 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I think it's very important to look at the letters that are in my book, because unlike some of the recent published letters, I have both the personal and the political. And their relationship is about ardor. It's about fun. 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