When women feel they have learned to forgive their mothers - and men, their fathers - all it usually means is that they've decided to allow themselves the same kind of behavior.

A woman's mink coat represents the sacrifice of a lot of little animals, including her husband.

A first-rate marriage is like a first-rate hotel: expensive, but worth it.

Many who would not take the last cookie would take the last lifeboat.

One day you are an apprentice, and everybody's pet; the next, you are coldly expected to deliver. There is never sufficient warning that the second day is coming.

Affairs are just as disillusioning as marriage, and much less restful.

I've been hiding from God, and I'm appalled to find how easy it is.