People will disapprove of you if you're unhappy, or if you're happy in The Wrong Way.

How tired God must be of guilt and loneliness, for that is all we ever bring to Him.

Women polish the silver and water the plants and wait to be really needed.

Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first.

Every now and then you run across radiantly attractive people and you're delighted to find they adore you, till you realize that they adore just about everybody - and that's what's made them radiantly attractive.

In retrospect, our triumphs could as easily have happened to someone else; but our defeats are uniquely our own.

If only we could be old and sick while we're still young and healthy enough to put up with it!