The wind of change, whatever it is, blows most freely through an open mind.

The main purpose of children's parties is to remind you that there are children more awful than your own.

In my next life I want to be a pessimist. Then other people could spend all their time cheering me up.

Perennials are the ones that grow like weeds, biennials are the ones that die this year instead of next and hardy annuals are the ones that never come up at all.

And what would happen to my illusion that I am a force for order in the home if I wasn't married to the only man north of the Tiber who is even untidier than I am?

a perfectly managed Christmas correct in every detail is, like basted inside seams and letters answered by return, a sure sign of someone who hasn't enough to do.

Have you ever taken anything out of the clothes basket because it had become, relatively, the cleaner thing?