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The purse is the mirror of the soul.

Anna Quindlen

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Anna Quindlen
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 8
Author
Columnist
Journalist
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Anna Marie Quindlen
Purse
Purses
Mirror
Mirrors
Soul

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I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society.
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It's what the Taliban does in Afghanistan, it's what gets done in the Middle East, and it's clearly something that certain mainly conservative groups in the United States would like to do. They miss the good old days, when men were men and women were nothing.
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high fashion has little to do with what women wear and a lot to do with what retailers mark down later.
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