“I lived within the cover of books and those books were more real to me than any other thing in my life.” — Anna Quindlen Book Copy Share Image
I conveniently forgot to remember that people only have two hands, or, as another parent once said of having a third child,… — Anna Quindlen Children Copy Share Image
“Out lives, so settled, so specific, are built on happenstance.” — Anna Quindlen Life Copy Share Image
The gender gap looks at this point like it's going to favor the president, particularly among white suburban women. I certainly think… — Anna Quindlen Election Copy Share Image
“In a world that seems so uncertain, in lives that seem sometimes to ricochet from challenge to upheaval and back again, a… — Anna Quindlen Dog Copy Share Image
Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of… — Anna Quindlen Changed Copy Share Image
I think there was a long period of time when we got real invested in a youth culture, and not coincidentally it… — Anna Quindlen Baby Copy Share Image
There are those of us who believe that under certain conditions the cruelest thing you can do to people you love is… — Anna Quindlen Beats Copy Share Image
If an opportunity scares you, that's God's way of saying you should jump at it. — Anna Quindlen Ifs Copy Share Image
When hot dogs like Mr. D'Amato or the Republican apologist Roger Ailes say that Whitewater is worse than Watergate, it's because they're… — Anna Quindlen Bulls Copy Share Image
On the other hand, I think that Governor Romney has to worry that his turnout is going to be low, that he… — Anna Quindlen Clear Copy Share Image
“I know from experience that those least capable of truly assessing any marriage are the children who come out of it. We… — Anna Quindlen Children Copy Share Image
Americans like warm characters. It's why, no matter what he did in the early days, they kind of resonated to Bill Clinton… — Anna Quindlen Beer Copy Share Image
“It is interesting to note how often a technological development—such as Gutenberg’s—promotes rather than eliminates that which it is supposed to supersede.” — Anna Quindlen Technology Copy Share Image
“Maybe that was true of marriage everywhere. Between times, in their own living rooms, the men seemed to be resting for the… — Anna Quindlen Marriage Copy Share Image
I really feel like I'm a liberal because I'm a Catholic, because I took the words of the New Testament to heart. — Anna Quindlen Catholic Copy Share Image
Our love of lockstep is our greatest curse, the source of all that bedevils us. It is the source of homophobia, xenophobia,… — Anna Quindlen Behave Copy Share Image
When I write a novel, I have what I think of as an icon that helps get me into the world of… — Anna Quindlen Book Copy Share Image
God bless the physician who warms the speculum or holds your hand and looks into your eyes. Perhaps one subtext of the… — Anna Quindlen Bless Copy Share Image
The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific… — Anna Quindlen Assuming Copy Share Image
I never think about issues when I'm working on a novel. Issues are things that happen to people in sufficient numbers to… — Anna Quindlen Attention Copy Share Image
“She had filled her days mourning that shadow life, and it had no more meaning than the chattering of monkeys. Instead, these… — Anna Quindlen Life Copy Share Image
The New Testament has had a really powerful effect on how I write and how I live my life. — Anna Quindlen Effects Copy Share Image
