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Anna Quindlen Quotes

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“In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own.”
— Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life
Tagged: Reading, Literature, Moral Sense, Lover of Books, Benefits of Reading
“Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion the bigger paycheque, the larger house. Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast? Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over Seaside Heights, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over the water gap or the way a baby scowls with concentration when she tries to pick up a cheerio with her thumb and first finger. 

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Each time you look at your diploma, remember that you are still a student, still learning how to best treasure your connection to others. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. Kiss your Mom. Hug your Dad. Get a life in which you are generous.”
— Anna Quindlen, Commencement Address at Villanova University, 2000
Tagged: Graduation, Commencement Speeches
“Here is one of the worst things about having someone you love die: It happens again every single morning.”
— Anna Quindlen, Every Last One: A Novel (Random House Reader's Circle)
Tagged: Death, Love, mornings
“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”
— Anna Quindlen, How Reading Changed My Life
Tagged: Books, Reading, Journey, destination, Home
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