A biography for Anna Quindlenhasn’t been written yet.
“It's amazing how resilient people are, and how the things that didn't come true become,after a while, simply the way things are.”
“There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are good things. But they are no more a solution than forks and spoons are a solution to world hunger.”
“When children are small, parents should run their lives and not the other way around.”
“All of the qualities that you need to be a good opinion columnist tend to be qualities that aren't valued in women.”
“If God had meant Harvard professors to appear in People magazine, She wouldn't have invented The New York Review of Books.”
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
“If there is anyone who's living the work of the New Testament, it's the nuns of the Catholic church and not the Catholic hierarchy.”