When the history of guilt is written, parents who refuse their children money will be right up there in the Top Ten.

[On her father's death:] I didn't know his leaving would hurt so much.

How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.

If God had meant us to walk around naked, he would never have invented the wicker chair.

Family life got better and we got our car back - as soon as we put 'I love Mom' on the license plate.

I take a very practical view of raising children. I put a sign in each of their rooms: 'Checkout Time is 18 years.'