I realized that, while I would never be my mother nor have her life, the lesson she had left me was that it was possible to love and care for a man and still have at your core a strength so great that you never even needed to put it on display. Anna Quindlen Read Quote
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. Anna Quindlen Read Quote
People always blame the girl; she should have said no. A monosyllable, but conventional wisdom has always been that boys can’t manage it. Anna Quindlen Read Quote
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. Anna Quindlen Read Quote
New York City has finally hired women to pick up the garbage, which makes sense to me, since, as I’ve discovered, a good bit of being a woman consists of picking up garbage. Anna Quindlen Read Quote
There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of kin on an emergency room form, and something so soothing and special, too. Anna Quindlen Read Quote
All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child. Anna Quindlen Read Quote
If you want something, it will elude you. If you do not want something, you will get ten of it in the mail. Anna Quindlen Read Quote
All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren’t valued in women. Anna Quindlen Read Quote