Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day seem almost contemptible, and glance off us lightly...Perhaps it's a good time to reconsider pleasure at its roots. Changing out of wet shoes and socks, for instance. Bathrobes. Yawning and stretching. Real tomatoes.
Barbara HollandSuccess in war was the only success that counted; failure was a disgrace to be wiped out only by starting another war and winning it.
Barbara HollandMy friends and I were all deathly afraid of our fathers, which was right and proper and even biblically ordained. Fathers were angry; it was their job.
Barbara HollandIn a proper pub everyone there is potentially, if not a lifelong friend, at least someone to lure into an argument about foreign policy or the Red Sox.
Barbara HollandNew York was where we wanted to live when we were finally grown up, and drink martinis and stay out past bedtime.
Barbara Holland