Book Quote 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…

— Anne Roiphe

God is a God of Lovingkindness.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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.…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— Anne Roiphe