Those of us who read because we love it more than anything, who feel about bookstores the way some people feel about jewelers.
Anna QuindlenSo carry your courage in an easily accessible place, the way you do your cellphone or your wallet. You may still falter or fail, but you always know that you pushed hard and aimed high. Take a leap of faith. Fear not. Courage is the ultimate career move.
Anna QuindlenGod bless the physician who warms the speculum or holds your hand and looks into your eyes. Perhaps one subtext of the health caredebate is a yen to be treated like a whole person, not just an eye, an ear, a nose or a throat. A yen to be human again, on the part of patient and doctor alike.
Anna QuindlenThe truth is that when you're writing a novel you're really living in it; you're living in the house, and you're living in the town.
Anna Quindlen