there is no noise louder than a silent phone.

Letters remind us that when we write we can bring back the best of times, even make time stand still, if only for a few minutes.

Don't get so involved in the duties of your life and your children that you forget the pleasure. Remember why you had children.

Nothing is more stylish than power.

Your mother calls and says she hasn't seen you for a long time. The first year: You invite her for a week. You give her your room, and you both sleep on the lumpy studio couch. The fifth year: Your mother sleeps on the lumpy studio couch. The tenth year: You send the children to mother.

Women on the way up generally fail to win popularity contests. The only compensation is that once you're there you will become very well liked.

A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.