Anna Quindlen Quotes

Anna Quindlen Quotes

Anna Quindlen Quotes

Consider the following quotes by Anna Quindlen:

"The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific and torturous."

"The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself."

"When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to leave, what message do we send about the roles of women? In some ways we're as committed to the old madonna whore dichotomy as ever. And the madonna stays home, feeding the bab"

"Think of life as a terminal illness, because, if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived."

"There's a certain kind of conversation you have from time to time at parties in New York about a new book. The word "banal" sometimes rears its by now banal head; you say "underedited," I say "derivative." The conversation goes around and around various l"

"You cannot be really first rate at your work if your work is all you are."

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