Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted.

If you lived today as if it were your last, you'd buy up a box of rockets and fire them all off, wouldn't you?

There is almost no marital problem that can't be helped enormously by taking off your clothes.

I've seen the truth, and it makes no sense.

When you're a little kid, your heart is open and tender and a harsh word can go straight in and become part of your life.

Spending time in a church does not make you religious, any more than spending time in a garage makes you a car.

Vacation cruises are advertised as luxurious journeys to exotic places, but a chief pleasure is the reading of books ... . On steamer chairs topside or poolside, in the lounges, everywhere you see men and women with their noses in books, devouring them for hours.