I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society.

—Anna Quindlen

About Anna Quindlen

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Anna Marie Quindlen (born July 8, 1952) is an American author, journalist, and opinion columnist.

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I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy.

—Anna Quindlen

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

—Anna Quindlen

A finished person is a boring person.

—Anna Quindlen

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 literary criticisms, and by the time it moves on one thing is clear: No one read the book; we just read the reviews.

—Anna Quindlen

If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.

—Anna Quindlen

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More quotations tagged with “family”

It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome one!

—Ann Radcliffe

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

—George Burns

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Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family.

—Joseph Brodsky

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I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.

—Erma Bombeck

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A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

—George Bernard Shaw

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