Anna Quindlen

Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.

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 middle.

A finished person is a boring person.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.