Top 55 Quotes by Janine di Giovanni

Even as a small child, I wondered why the Dominican nuns who educated me were subservient to the Jesuit priests who educated my brothers.

When the body breaks down, it does not all go at once; it goes piece by piece.

It can't be bad having a mother who is fulfilled by her work.

In America, people know there are always 10 people better than them who are after their job. In France, they know that too - but no one is going to get their job till they go to their grave.

During war time, when people were injured, I was really frustrated I did not become a doctor. It's painful not being able to save people, witnessing their pain.

My mother came from a generation that did not want nannies. She had her first child at 24 and her last - me - at 42.

Manhattan is increasingly less available to average-income earners.

It's hard for the Catholic Church to accept change. When the mass was no longer said in Latin, loyalists went into mourning for years.

Any protester knows that the only way activism works is to get the people on your side.

There are people who are seekers and people who aren't.