Caitlin

“She thought that people sought marriage because it meant they could put aside the mascara, the bravado, the good clothes, the company manners, and be themselves, whatever that was, not try so hard. But what that seemed to mean was that they didn't try at all. ”
― Anna Quindlen, Alternate Side

“But once there were children, you couldn’t zig where you had zagged. It was nothing but a parlor game, once you had children.”
― Anna Quindlen, Alternate Side

“Nora had discovered that by herself was a condition she really liked”
― Anna Quindlen, Alternate Side

“You could argue they'd lost their way, in their choices, their work, their marriage. But the truth was, there wasn't any way. There was just day after day, small stuff, idle conversation, scheduling. And then after a couple of decades it somehow added up to something, for good or for ill or for both.”
― Anna Quindlen, Alternate Side