Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with one man.

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she can't fold a paper in a crowded train.

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock - full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat - like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle I took such months to get.