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Anne Roiphe Quotes

Decay is quiet but ghastly, explosion is dramatic and dreadful. There’s not much to choose between the two of them in reality, and most of our lives have sufficient of both Picture Quote #1

I’ve told the same story twelve different ways, but I think that’s just part of what writers do. Once may not be enough Picture Quote #1

Is it possible that my sons-in-law will do toilets? If we raise boys to know that diapers need to be changed and refrigerators need to be cleaned, there’s hope for the next generation Picture Quote #1

How 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 Picture Quote #1

Most of us don’t have mothers who blazed a trail for us--at least, not all the way. Coming of age before or during the inception of the women’s movement, whether as working parents or homemakers, whether married or divorced, our mothers faced conundrums--what should they be? how should they act?--that became our uncertainties Picture Quote #1

People always tell me either A. you love him. B. you hate him. My usual answer? C. All of the above Picture Quote #1

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You have to be a lover of books without expecting more of them than they give - a little pleasure, a little insight, a moment of escape, a deepening of your own humanity. Not much else Picture Quote #1

When I grew up, you needed to have straight hair. It’s symbolic of needing to be like everyone else, needing to look like everyone else. And what that meant was looking like the dominant ruling class in America Picture Quote #1

I have always been fascinated by the human mind, conscious and unconscious - that is what writing and reading is about, too. The why of your life and the why of your choices and the what has happened that you know and the what that you don’t know is really riveting, and psychoanalysts share my wonder at how it all unfolds Picture Quote #1

Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some of them tend to take that freedom to live a little more openly or a little more dangerously, sometimes a lot more self-destructively, than other people Picture Quote #1

Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror Picture Quote #1

Some people who think they are in unhappy marriages are just in unhappy bodies Picture Quote #1

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Friendship needs both confidences and confidence in the other’s outstretched hand Picture Quote #1

I am not a perfect friend, and it is impossible not to rebuff or be rebuffed if you move about the world Picture Quote #1

I believe that it is our human right to be parents and women. And there’s no contradiction between feminism, which means women should have all that they are entitled to, all that they can do, all the opportunities that they can take advantage of they should have Picture Quote #1

A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Reader, you forget that economics precedes religion; worship grew out of eating, not the other way around Picture Quote #1

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Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life Picture Quote #1

It is hard to hold on to friendships when people move away to another state or to another world Picture Quote #1

We flashed our feathers when the feathers were fit to be flashed, and now, in drearier days, many stay indoors Picture Quote #1

Sometimes what we call love is just a settling of old scores, or a seeking of forbidden pain, or a circuitous path to the kingdom of cruelty, or she may simply have confused lack of capital with heroism while searching for rescue without knowing from what Picture Quote #1

I think it is a good thing to have woman friends at every stage of life. We confide in each other, we support each other, we understand each other most of the time. Of course, sometimes we are competitive or angry or distant, too. But I do think it is important not to let the main friendships slip away in the sweep of the days Picture Quote #1

I really consider myself a writer, and a writer who is sometimes a social critic. I’m not an ideologue, I don’t join a party. I follow along and take notes. Sometimes I throw in my two cents Picture Quote #1

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Decay is quiet but ghastly, explosion is dramatic and dreadful. There’s not much to choose between the two of them in reality, and most of our lives have sufficient of both Picture Quote #1

You can be creative and not addictive, or addictive and not creative. Most addicted people do not produce anything of remarkable note Picture Quote #1

Romanticizing the act of writing or any other art is not very helpful to the artist or the art. It’s much better if one simply does Picture Quote #1

We also have to make sure our children know the history of women. Tell them the rotten truth: It wasn’t always possible for women to become doctors or managers or insurance people. Let them be armed with a true picture of the way we want it to be Picture Quote #1

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Decay is quiet but ghastly, explosion is dramatic and dreadful. There’s not much to choose between the two of them in reality, and most of our lives have sufficient of both. (Anne Roiphe Quotes) I’ve told the same story twelve different ways, but I think that’s just part of what writers do. Once may not be enough. (Anne Roiphe Quotes) Is it possible that my sons-in-law will do toilets? If we raise boys to know that diapers need to be changed and refrigerators need to be cleaned, there’s hope for the next generation (Anne Roiphe Quotes) How 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 Quotes) Most of us don’t have mothers who blazed a trail for us--at least, not all the way. Coming of age before or during the inception of the women’s movement, whether as working parents or homemakers, whether married or divorced, our mothers faced conundrums--what should they be? how should they act?--that became our uncertainties (Anne Roiphe Quotes) People always tell me either A. you love him. B. you hate him. My usual answer? C. All of the above (Anne Roiphe Quotes) You have to be a lover of books without expecting more of them than they give - a little pleasure, a little insight, a moment of escape, a deepening of your own humanity. Not much else (Anne Roiphe Quotes) When I grew up, you needed to have straight hair. It’s symbolic of needing to be like everyone else, needing to look like everyone else. And what that meant was looking like the dominant ruling class in America (Anne Roiphe Quotes) I have always been fascinated by the human mind, conscious and unconscious - that is what writing and reading is about, too. The why of your life and the why of your choices and the what has happened that you know and the what that you don’t know is really riveting, and psychoanalysts share my wonder at how it all unfolds (Anne Roiphe Quotes) Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some of them tend to take that freedom to live a little more openly or a little more dangerously, sometimes a lot more self-destructively, than other people (Anne Roiphe Quotes) Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror (Anne Roiphe Quotes) Some people who think they are in unhappy marriages are just in unhappy bodies (Anne Roiphe Quotes) Friendship needs both confidences and confidence in the other’s outstretched hand (Anne Roiphe Quotes) I am not a perfect friend, and it is impossible not to rebuff or be rebuffed if you move about the world (Anne Roiphe Quotes) I believe that it is our human right to be parents and women. And there’s no contradiction between feminism, which means women should have all that they are entitled to, all that they can do, all the opportunities that they can take advantage of they should have (Anne Roiphe Quotes) A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears (Anne Roiphe Quotes) 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 Roiphe Quotes) Reader, you forget that economics precedes religion; worship grew out of eating, not the other way around (Anne Roiphe Quotes) Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life (Anne Roiphe Quotes) It is hard to hold on to friendships when people move away to another state or to another world (Anne Roiphe Quotes) We flashed our feathers when the feathers were fit to be flashed, and now, in drearier days, many stay indoors (Anne Roiphe Quotes) Sometimes what we call love is just a settling of old scores, or a seeking of forbidden pain, or a circuitous path to the kingdom of cruelty, or she may simply have confused lack of capital with heroism while searching for rescue without knowing from what (Anne Roiphe Quotes) I think it is a good thing to have woman friends at every stage of life. We confide in each other, we support each other, we understand each other most of the time. Of course, sometimes we are competitive or angry or distant, too. But I do think it is important not to let the main friendships slip away in the sweep of the days (Anne Roiphe Quotes) I really consider myself a writer, and a writer who is sometimes a social critic. I’m not an ideologue, I don’t join a party. I follow along and take notes. Sometimes I throw in my two cents (Anne Roiphe Quotes) Decay is quiet but ghastly, explosion is dramatic and dreadful. There’s not much to choose between the two of them in reality, and most of our lives have sufficient of both (Anne Roiphe Quotes) You can be creative and not addictive, or addictive and not creative. Most addicted people do not produce anything of remarkable note (Anne Roiphe Quotes) Romanticizing the act of writing or any other art is not very helpful to the artist or the art. It’s much better if one simply does (Anne Roiphe Quotes) We also have to make sure our children know the history of women. Tell them the rotten truth: It wasn’t always possible for women to become doctors or managers or insurance people. Let them be armed with a true picture of the way we want it to be (Anne Roiphe Quotes)