Anna Quindlen Quotes

A finished person is a boring person.

I know the difference now between dedication and infatuation. That doesn't mean I don't still get an enormous kick out of infatuation;: the exciting ephemera, the punch in the stomach, the adrenaline to the heart.

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me.

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.