I didn't learn for years that you generally find your Self after you quit looking for it.
Peg BrackenPeas went with carrots as infallibly as ham went with eggs. For years I thought carrots and peas grew on the same vine.
Peg Brackentravel never made a bore interesting; it only makes for a well-traveled bore, in the same way coffee makes for a wide-awake drunk. In fact, the more a bore travels, the worse he gets. The only advantage in it for his friends and family is that he isn't home as much.
Peg BrackenEverything takes longer than you think it should, except for some things that don't take as long.
Peg BrackenThere are two kinds of people in this world: the ones who don't cook out of and have NEVER cooked out of THE I HATE TO COOK BOOK, and the other kind...The I HATE TO COOK people consist mainly of those who find other things more interesting and less fattening, and so they do it as seldom as possible. Today there is an Annual Culinary Olympics, with hundreds of cooks from many countries ardently competing. But we who hate to cook have had our own Olympics for years, seeing who can get out of the kitchen the fastest and stay out the longest.
Peg Bracken