I think you keep two sets of books. In one set, you record the truth -- how well you are really doing. This is the secret set -- just for you and loved ones. In the other set are more modest entries and statements, and these are for public consumption!
Helen Gurley BrownWhen you meet a man, don't you always idly wonder what he'd be like in bed? I do.
Helen Gurley BrownLove doesn't drop on you unexpectedly; you have to give off signals, sort of like an amateur radio operator.
Helen Gurley BrownMy father died when I was 10; my sister got polio a couple of years later and was paralyzed. So there I was - my sister in a wheel chair, my father gone, and my mother a quiet little mouse. You see, it was the '30s in the South, so my mother was not prepared to cope. So I was scared to death. And being that scared, everything afterward became a struggle not to go down the drain. Struggling became a way of life for me.
Helen Gurley Brown