Anna Quindlen Quote

Women were once permitted a mourning period for their youthful faces; it was called middle age. Now we don't even have that. Instead we have the science of embalming disguised as grooming.


Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake (2013)


Women were once permitted a mourning period for their youthful faces; it was called middle age. Now we don't even have that. Instead we have the...

Women were once permitted a mourning period for their youthful faces; it was called middle age. Now we don't even have that. Instead we have the...

Women were once permitted a mourning period for their youthful faces; it was called middle age. Now we don't even have that. Instead we have the...

Women were once permitted a mourning period for their youthful faces; it was called middle age. Now we don't even have that. Instead we have the...