"It's only before realities set in that we……" — Anna Quindlen

"It's only before realities set in that we can treasure our delusions."

— Anna Quindlen

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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…
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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All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher. — Ambrose Bierce
When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and… — Jack Black
Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth. — Ludwig Borne
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. — Christian Nestell Bovee
The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. — Edmund Burke
Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. — Samuel Butler
There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of… — Jimmy Carter
Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion. — Kim Cattrall
Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities… — Alan Barth
But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done… — Bertrand Russell
When fortune has been abolished, when every profession is open to everyone, an ambitious man may think it is easy… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Praying which does not result in pure conduct is a delusion. We have missed the whole office and virtue of… — Edward McKendree Bounds

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