All Anna Quindlen Quotes
- I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out… Along
- All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child. All
- I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough… Bookshelves
- Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the… Beginnings
- There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than… Both
- People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can't manage it. Always Blame
- Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around. Dough
- The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America. America
- Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers' incredible strength. We fear both. If they… Both
- Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why it must be given rein instead of suppressed. Free
- Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor… Early
- If there is anyone who's living the work of the New Testament, it's the nuns of the Catholic church and not the Catholic hierarchy. Anyone
- The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you'd never know… Attending
- A finished person is a boring person. Book
- Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts. Bigotry
- Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to straight woman, addict mother to newborn baby, they all fall… Addict
- Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids… Able
- The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible; that is, that one is male and the other… Any
- I don't have to listen to the Gospel on Sunday to know the stories of the New Testament. They inform so much of what I… Brain
- All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women. All
- I am an affirmative action hire. Action
- I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition to sexual freedom is to write letters full of filthy… Filthy
- If God had meant Harvard professors to appear in People magazine, She wouldn't have invented The New York Review of Books. Appear
- If you want something, it will elude you. If you do not want something, you will get ten of it in the mail. Elude
- In the family sandwich, the older people and the younger ones can recognize one another as the bread. Those in the middle are, for a… Bread