Life is not so much about beginnings and endings as it is about going on and on and on. It is about muddling through the middle.
Anna QuindlenThere's some muscle group around your shoulders that seizes up during the perfection dance and doesn't let go until you are asleep, or alone. Or maybe it never really lets go at all.
Anna QuindlenLook back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in bigotry come and go. The right thing lasts.
Anna Quindlen