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 catholicchurchhierarchy Change image and share on social
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 his telephone number. Anna Quindlen earlyenamoredgreat Change image and share on social
Raising a child is a little like Picasso's work; in the beginning he did very conventional representational things. Cubism came after he had the rules down pat. Anna Quindlen beginchildconventional Change image and share on social
I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse Jane Q. Public, being sworn in as the first female president of the United States, while her husband holds the Bible and wears a silly pill box hat and matching coat. Anna Quindlen bibleboxcoat share on social
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 are not strong, who will protect us? If they are not imperfect, how can we equal them? Anna Quindlen childclearenumerate share on social
And I don't have to listen to a sermon to know what to think or feel about them. It's almost as if I absorbed completely what mattered most to me, and the rest could go. Anna Quindlen absorbcompletelyfeel Change image and share on social
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 forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger. Anna Quindlen controldetectorfork Change image and share on social
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 columnistgoodopinion Change image and share on social
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. Anna Quindlen amazebegingive Change image and share on social
The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a man she has just met in a bar a private one, and the decision to sleep with the same man for $100 subject to criminal penalties? Anna Quindlen barcriminaldecision Change image and share on social
