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

It isn't surprising that many children consider their parents to be a little dim, and that they sometimes try to update them. The fact that they don't usually try too hard is just as well; a thoroughly updated parent is an unappetizing sight.

It is always a taut moment in a foreign country waiting to see if your English-speaking guide speaks English.

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

the most all-around, practical, long-wearing illusions are the ones that you weave yourself.

Every idea is my last. I feel sure of it. So, I try to do the best with each as it comes and that's where my responsibility ends. But I just don't wait for ideas. I look for them. Constantly. And if I don't use the ideas that I find, they're going to quit showing up.

On their return from a trip, it is wise to see friends promptly, before they've had time to get their pictures developed.