You write to suit some sense in yourself and trust that that will resonate with a certain wider readership.
Anna QuindlenThe misdeeds of ordinary men can be buried with them, and their lives described in half-truths that are really half-lies. But not a public man. Particularly not this one.
Anna QuindlenWhen men do the dishes, it's called helping. When women do the dishes, it is called life.
Anna QuindlenIf you raise an intelligent girl she will become a feminist because of the facts of her own life. Raising feminist boys is more difficult. Raising egalitarian boys. One of the reasons you have to raise them that way is because it's better for them.
Anna Quindlen