I don't cook. My mother didn't cook. My daughter doesn't cook.

Men must be stripped of arrogance and women must become independent for any mutually nurturing alliance to endure between the sexes.

In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving -instead of actually getting up and leaving.

A Soul is partly given, partly wrought; remember always that you are the Maker of your own Soul.

The most important education you get is your own - the one you learn in solitude.

Why does life need evidence of life?

All my forebears worked for a living. My grandfather painted portraits. My mother too. My aunt painted seascapes.