Anna Quindlen is an author, journalist, opinion columnist, and Pulitzer Prize winner. Her myriad of accomplishments and plenty of life experience has made Quindlen a sage advice-giver for many (including us). These quotes from Anna Quindlen are inspiring us to be our best selves daily!
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“The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.”
“If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.”
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“The thing about old friends is not that they love you, but that they know you … They look at you and don’t really think you look older because they’ve grown old along with you, and, like the faded paint in a beloved room, they’re used to the look. And then one of them is gone, and you’ve lost a chunk of yourself.” – Lots Of Candles, Plenty Of Cake
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“Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of a minute could have changed everything and everyone. Our lives, so settled, so specific, are built on happenstance.” – Every Last One
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“And sometimes you do everything right and something bad just happens. It’s as simple, and as scary, as that.” – Every Last One
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“In books, I have traveled, not only to other worlds but into my own. I learned who I was and who I wanted to be, what I might aspire to, and what I might dare to dream about my world and myself.”
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“When you really want to say no, say no. You can’t do everything – or at least not well.”
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“Don’t ever confuse the two, your life and your work. That’s what I have to say. The second is only a part of the first.”
Have you learned any other life lessons from Anna Quindlen? Leave them below in the comments!
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