A person who has no secrets is a liar. We always fold ourselves away from others just enough to preserve a secret or two, something that we cannot share without destroying our inner landscape.
Anne RoipheIt is hard to hold on to friendships when people move away to another state or to another world.
Anne RoipheI think our material is our lives. That's part of being a modern writer, and we have to use it.
Anne RoipheHow deep is our desire to do better than our mothers--to bring daughters into adulthood strong and fierce yet loving and gentle, adventurous and competitive but still nurturing and friendly, sweet yet sharp. We know as working women that we can't quite have it all, but that hasn't stopped us from wanting it all for them.
Anne Roiphe