I think a single woman's biggest problem is coping with the people who are trying to marry her off!
Helen Gurley BrownIt's unrealistic to think you can only have one good product. People are not that poor. They can buy what they want.
Helen Gurley BrownWhen you meet a man, don't you always idly wonder what he'd be like in bed? I do.
Helen Gurley BrownWe are told to value ourselves without feedback, but if nobody is making a pass at you or trying to take you to Bermuda, how are you supposed to feel? Confident?
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