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Anna Quindlen, born on July 8, 1952, is a renowned American author known for her insightful social commentary and delicate portrayal of everyday life. Her writing career began as a newspaper editor, later transitioning to novel writing, which has been well-received by readers.

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“And a great misunderstanding is that children think their parents are grown-up, and parents feel obliged to act as if they were.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Children Parent Misunderstanding Obliged

Author:Anna Quindlen

“being a parent is not transaction ... we do not get what we give. It is the ultimate pay-it-forward endeavor: we are good parents not so they will be loving enough to stay with us but so they will be strong enough to leave us.”

Giving Enough Strong Parent Pay Ultimate Endeavor Strong Enough Transactions Being A Parent Good Parent Pay It Forward

Author:Anna Quindlen

“Parents have railed against shelters near schools, but no one has made any connection between the crazed consumerism of our kids and their elders' cold unconcern toward others. Maybe the homeless are not the only ones who need to spend time in these places to thaw out.”

Needs Made Kids School Values Parent Cold Connections Shelter Consumerism Homeless End Times Elders Spend Time Meanness

Book:Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

Source: Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

“Raising children is a spur-of-the-moment, seat-of-the-pants sort of deal, as any parent knows, particularly after an adult child says that his most searing memory consists of an offhand comment in the car on the way to second grade that the parent cannot even dimly recall.”

Knows Way Children Moments Parent Memories Deals Car Adults Seats Grades Comment Pants Recalls Raising Children Spurs Spur Of The Moment Adult Children

Author:Anna Quindlen

“Kids and violent TV, violent TV and violence, violence and kids. The only people missing from this discussion are the parents. Where are we? Gone. Abdicated.”

People Kids Parent Gone Violence Missing Tvs Violent Discussion

Author:Anna Quindlen

“Young men kill someone for a handful of coins, then are remorseless, even casual: Hey, man, things happen. And their parents nab the culprit: it was the city, the cops, the system, the crowd, the music. Anyone but him. Anyone but me.”

Men Happens Young Parent Cities Responsibility Violence Crowds Things Happen Hey Young Man Cop Coins Handful Casual Culprit Remorseless

Book:Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

Source: Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

“Maybe someday it will seem quaint that, during a time of plague, some of the parents of the 1990s wanted to deny their children protection so that they could safeguard their own self- image. Or maybe we'll just seem like a bunch of lunatics.”

Children Self Seems Wanted Parent Deny Protection Aids Bunch Someday Plague Respectability Quaint Maybe Someday

Author:Anna Quindlen

“Adolescence is a tough time for parent and child alike. It is a time between: between childhood and maturity, between parental protection and personal responsibility, between life stage- managed by grown-ups and life privately held.”

Children Parent Responsibility Childhood Stage Tough Protection Maturity Adolescence Tough Times Personal Responsibility Parental Children And Parents

Book:Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

Source: Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

“Some of the most important lessons I've learned have been from stumbling, and I am deeply grateful that my parents allowed me to fight my own battles.”

Has Beens Important Fighting Parent My Own Lessons Battle Grateful I've Learned Stumbling Important Lessons

Author:Anna Quindlen

“Now, a lot of people are challenged by the fact that a record number of people in their sixties have living parents, and a record number of people in their sixties have kids who may still depend upon them.”

People May Stills Facts Kids Parent Numbers Records Depends Sixty

Author:Anna Quindlen

“All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child.”

People Should May Children Parent Gay Curse Mock Gay People Cursing

Book:Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

Source: Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

“I conveniently forgot to remember that people only have two hands, or, as another parent once said of having a third child, it's time for a zone defense instead of man-to-man.”

People Men Children Said Two Hands Remember Parent Thirds Defense Zone Two Hands

Author:Anna Quindlen

“There is only room in the lifeboat of your life for one, and you always choose yourself, and turn your parents into whatever it takes to keep you afloat.”

Turns Literature Parent Rooms Boat Whatever It Takes Lifeboats

Book:Object Lessons: One True Thing; Black and Blue

Source: Object Lessons: One True Thing; Black and Blue

“It's important to remember that feminism is no longer a group of organizations or leaders. It's the expectations that parents have for their daughters, and their sons, too. It's the way we talk about and treat one another. It's who makes the money and who makes the compromises and who makes dinner. It's a state of mind. It's the way we live now.”

Way Inspirational Mind Important States Motivational Remember Parent Leader Groups Feminism Son Expectations Daughter Organization Treats Feminist Dinner Compromise State Of Mind

Book:Loud and Clear

Source: Loud and Clear

“I got a fortune cookie that said, "To remember is to understand." I have never forgotten it. A good judge remembers what it was like to be a lawyer. A good editor remembers being a writer. A good parent remembers what it was like to be a child.”

Life Children Said Remember Parent Advice Judging Fortune Forgotten Lawyer Editors Cookies Good Parent Fortune Cookie Good Judges

Author:Anna Quindlen

“Reading has always been life unwrapped to me, a way of understanding the world and understanding myself through both the unknown and the everyday. If being a parent consists often of passing along chunks of ourselves to unwitting-often unwilling-recipients, then books are, for me, one of the simplest and most sure-fire ways of doing that.”

Ifs World Way Book Reading Parent Understanding Fire Everyday Passing Passings Simplest Book Reading Unwilling Chunks Being A Parent Understanding The World Understanding Myself

Book:Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

Source: Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private

“When children are small, parents should run their lives and not the other way around.”

Way Should Children Running Parent

Author:Anna Quindlen

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Born: July 8, 1952
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