"It is so easy to waste our lives:……" — Anna Quindlen

"It is so easy to waste our lives: Our days, our hours, our minutes ... it is so easy to exist instead of live."

— Anna Quindlen

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171 Quotes by Anna Quindlen

Anna Quindlen has 171 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The pursuit of otherness, the sense that we are somehow different than our brothers and sisters, no matter where we…
I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing I'm afraid…
I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that this is not a dress rehersal, and that…
The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can…
With reference to the younger generation..."If the experience of their exhausted, insomniac, dispirited elders makes them decide they'd prefer not…
People who wish to salute the free and independent side of their evolutionary character acquire cats. People who wish to…
All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never…
If an opportunity scares you, that's God's way of saying you should jump at it.
There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always choose yourself, and turn your…
Figuring out who you are is the whole point of the human experience.
Maybe I had three children in the first place so I wouldn't ever have to play board games. In my…
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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More Days Quotes

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On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is… — Hank Aaron
If my forgeries looked as bad as the CBS documents, it would have been 'Catch Me In Two Days'. — Frank Abagnale
In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.… — Brooks Atkinson
I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to… — David Attenborough
In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural… — David Attenborough
I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated… — Chinua Achebe
The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down… — Paul Auster
On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million… — Diane Ackerman
You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song. — Sai Baba
The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by… — Joe Baca
The Postal Service's unmatched ability to reach every household and business in America six days a week is a vital… — Joe Baca
It's too easy to do your own site to not have one these days. I guess everyone has one. — Sebastian Bach

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