(born July 8, 1952).
American author, journalist, and opinion columnist.
Her New York Times column, Public and Private, won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. Quindlen began her journalism career in 1974 as a reporter for the New York Post. Between 1977 and 1994 she held several posts at The New York Times.
Her semi-autobiographical novel One True Thing (1994) served as the basis for the 1998 film starring Meryl Streep and Renée Zellweger.
Anna Quindlen (2008). Photo: wikipedia.org
February is a suitable month for dying. Everything around is dead, the trees black and frozen so that the appearance of green shoots two months hence, seems preposterous. The ground hard and cold, the snow dirty, the winter hateful, hanging on too long.
Photo: Anja. ✅ Meaning 🌨️⚰️: The fragment uses February (late winter) as a metaphor for hopelessness:everything is “dead”: bare trees, frozen ground, dirty snow; winter feels hateful and endless. The sentence that green shoots will seem “ridiculous” in two months emphasizes a psychological effect: in deep gloom, future hope seems implausible (“as if spring can’t really come”). In short: dying in February is presented as “fitting”, because the world itself already looks as if it has fallen silent. 🧾 Origin📚: This quote is a well-known opening fragment of the novel: Anna Quindlen – One True Thing (1994). 👤 Author ✅: Anna Quindlen is the author to whom this fragment is usually correctly attributed. American journalist and novelist. Won, among others, the Pulitzer Prize (1992) for commentary / columns. One True Thing also strongly revolves around illness, mortality, and family, which aligns well with the tone of this opening image. 📌 Small side note ⚠️: Several slightly different translations are circulating online (word choices like “ridiculous,” “hateful,” “dirty”), but the key phrase and imagery clearly point to Quindlen.
Door Pieter
Mensenmens, zoon, echtgenoot, vader, opa.
Spiritueel, echter niet religieus.
Ik hou van golf, wandelen, lezen en de natuur in veel opzichten.
Onderzoeker, nieuwsgierig, geen fan van de mainstream media (MSM).
