Anna Quindlen Quotes

The relationships I've had with my girl friends are so powerful and meaningful. Without them I truly don't know what I'd do.

I love nicknames. It makes me feel loved. It makes me feel less alone in this world.

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

By building relations we create a source of love and personal pride and belonging that makes living in a chaotic world easier.

What air is to the body, to feel understood is to the heart.

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That's important to me too.

Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.

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.

My home is not a place, it is people.

There are some people who make you feel less lonely.

The most real thing of all, the only thing any of us wants, is to matter to somebody. To feel and share love, even on a friendship level or as deep as a romantic one. Who doesn't want that?

You want to be around people who you feel comfortable with and you feel like show you the love that you show to them.

I needed a familiar club that would give me affection, and Sevilla can do that.

I think people come to my music just to feel less lonely.

I think everyone should definitely know they're not alone.

I feel like I've made some good memories in San Antonio. I feel like I'm in a really good family in San Antonio. They understand me. I understand them.

Love does not to be understood. It needs only to be shown.

Most people need love and acceptance a lot more than they need advice.

Sometimes, when we're feeling challenged in life, we feel a pull to isolate, and for me part of the joy of being a wife, a mother, and in a cast of friends is allowing myself to be in spaces of love. So being open to that love.

Because of you, the world makes sense to me in a way it didn't before. I have a place now, with you.

I think being compassionate of each other's lives and issues is nonnegotiable when it comes to friendships. We're all going through different stages and issues, and as I get older, I'm trying to lean into that.

Home isn't where our house is, but wherever we are understood.

Oh, how good it is to be with someone, sometimes.

The sense that someone else cares always helps because it is the sense of love.