It's easier to find a traveling companion than to get rid of one.

There are worse things than being fat, and one of them is worrying about it all the time.

it isn't true, by the way, that nothing is as bad as you think it's going to be. Some things are exactly as bad as you thought they were going to be, and some things are worse.

You're not supposed to cuss when you're an old lady, and just when there's so much more to cuss about.

Peas went with carrots as infallibly as ham went with eggs. For years I thought carrots and peas grew on the same vine.

When you're little, time stretches obligingly, and vacation is forever.

It's easier to find a traveling companion than to get rid of one.