I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. Anna Quindlen bookshelfbuildchild Change image and share on social
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 eludemailten Change image and share on social
I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing I'm afraid of now is of being someone I don't like much. Anna Quindlen afraidfailurehave Change image and share on social
You want to have fun with your kids, and no one has fun with someone who runs roughshod. Anna Quindlen funkidroughshod Change image and share on social
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 words. Anna Quindlen filthyfreedomfull Change image and share on social
After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.' Anna Quindlen hearmorningovernight Change image and share on social
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 emergencyformgreat Change image and share on social
A finished person is a boring person. Anna Quindlen borefinishperson Change image and share on social
There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman as a weight and a sampler, not an Ezra, a Walt, a thing of beauty, a joy forever. Anna Quindlen beautyezraforever Change image and share on social
America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two stages of human development characterized by conflict between autonomy and security. Anna Quindlen americaautonomycharacterize Change image and share on social