Author: Robin Marantz Henig

Quotes

I'm a freelance writer, and I work alone at a big desk in the living room of my apartment. There are many days when I don't utter a single word to anyone but my husband.

I'm a freelance writer, and I work alone at a big desk in the living room of my apartment. There are many days when I don't utter a single word to anyone but my husband.

- Robin Marantz Henig

Parents bobble between a nostalgia-infused yearning for their children to play and fear that time spent playing is time lost to more practical pursuits.

Parents bobble between a nostalgia-infused yearning for their children to play and fear that time spent playing is time lost to more practical pursuits.

- Robin Marantz Henig

Some of my happiest moments are the ones I spend with my husband, a few close relatives, and a handful of very good friends who know me well and like me anyway.

Some of my happiest moments are the ones I spend with my husband, a few close relatives, and a handful of very good friends who know me well and like me anyway.

- Robin Marantz Henig

In the modern world, the anxious temperament does offer certain benefits: caution, introspection, the capacity to work alone. These can be adaptive qualities.

In the modern world, the anxious temperament does offer certain benefits: caution, introspection, the capacity to work alone. These can be adaptive qualities.

- Robin Marantz Henig

The tenuousness of modern life can make anyone feel overwrought.

The tenuousness of modern life can make anyone feel overwrought.

- Robin Marantz Henig

Anxiety is not fear, exactly, because fear is focused on something right in front of you - a real and objective danger.

Anxiety is not fear, exactly, because fear is focused on something right in front of you - a real and objective danger.

- Robin Marantz Henig

The real thing young people should fear is missing out on those few, true, long-term friendships that make for a richer, happier life.

The real thing young people should fear is missing out on those few, true, long-term friendships that make for a richer, happier life.

- Robin Marantz Henig

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