"When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother…When your mother's gone, you've lost your past. It's so much more than love. Even when there's no love, it's so much more than anything else in your life. I did love my mother, but I didn't know how much until she was gone."

- Anna Quindlen

"There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother… Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too."

- Anna Quindlen

""When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother…When your mother's gone, you've lost your past. It's so much more than love. Even when there's no love, it's so much more than anything else in your life. I did love my mother, but I didn't know how much until she was gone.""

- Anna Quindlen

"When someone asks you where you come from, the answer is your mother."

- Anna Quindlen

"Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules."

- Anna Quindlen