I would be most content if my children g... by Anna Quindlen | We Heart Quotes

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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.

- Anna Quindlen

Other quotes by Anna Quindlen

Speech is the voice of the heart.

- Anna Quindlen

You are the only person alive who has sole custody of your life... Your entire life... Not just the life of your mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank account, but your soul.

- Anna Quindlen

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.

- Anna Quindlen

The voices of conformity speak so loudly. Don't listen to them. No one does the right thing out of fear. If you ever utter the words, 'We've always done it that way,' I urge you to wash out your mouth with soap.

- Anna Quindlen

Bigotry Right

Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts.

- Anna Quindlen

Fear Will

Even as we enumerate their shortcomings, the rigor of raising children ourselves makes clear to us our mothers' incredible strength. We fear both. If they are not strong, who will protect us? If they are not imperfect, how can we equal them?

- Anna Quindlen

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