Ellen Goodman Quotes

Ellen Goodman — American Journalist born on April 11, 1948,

Ellen Goodman is an American journalist and syndicated columnist who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1980. She is also a speaker and commentator... (wikipedia)

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.

There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over - and to let go. It means leaving what's over without denying its value.

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe, aren't even aware of.

We criticize mothers for closeness. We criticize fathers for distance. How many of us have expected less from our fathers and appreciated what they gave us more? How many of us always let them off the hook?

Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up.

Ellen Goodman Quotes

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