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.
More Quotes by Anne Roiphe
A woman whose smile is open and whose expression is glad has a kind of beauty no matter what she wears.
Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life.
Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror.
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.
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.
You can be creative and not addictive, or addictive and not creative. Most addicted people do not produce anything of remarkable note.