"[In the aftermath of death] Small talk feels……" — Anna Quindlen
"[In the aftermath of death] Small talk feels too small, big talk too enormous."
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171 Quotes by Anna Quindlen
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The pursuit of otherness, the sense that we are somehow different than our brothers and sisters, no matter where we…
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I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing I'm afraid…
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I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that this is not a dress rehersal, and that…
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The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can…
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With reference to the younger generation..."If the experience of their exhausted, insomniac, dispirited elders makes them decide they'd prefer not…
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People who wish to salute the free and independent side of their evolutionary character acquire cats. People who wish to…
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All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never…
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If an opportunity scares you, that's God's way of saying you should jump at it.
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There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always choose yourself, and turn your…
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Figuring out who you are is the whole point of the human experience.
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Maybe I had three children in the first place so I wouldn't ever have to play board games. In my…
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It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders. It's the expectations that parents…
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Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the aftermath is…
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The easiest period in a crisis situation is actually the battle itself. The most difficult is the period of indecision…
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I think it is absolutely reprehensible to believe that any member of this House, Democrat or Republican, would want to…
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Recent events in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have reaffirmed for me, however, the complete folly of any Republican strategy…
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The end of violence or the aftermath of violence is bitterness. The aftermath of nonviolence is reconciliation and the creation…
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The notion of a neutral, mainstream national media gained dominance only in World War II and in its aftermath, when…
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I told (my wife) that there's a three-month aftermath that you better be able to handle, because it's real. I…
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Sure, my boss took advantage of me, but I will always remain firm on this point: it was a consensual…
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Ten years ago, in the aftermath of the referendum in Quebec, the very existence of Canada was on the line...…
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