Anna Quindlen Time Quotations

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

The truth about your own life is not always easy to accept, and sometimes hasn't even occurred to you.

Ethnic stereotypes are misshapen pearls, sometimes with a sandy grain of truth at their center. ... but they ignore complexity, change, and individuality.

And sometimes you do everything right and something bad just happens. It's as simple, and as scary, as that.