List of Allison Pearson Quotes

Women Run The Small Country Called Home, Millions Of Us Do It In Our Spare Time, And No One Who Doesn't Run That Small Country Really Knows What It Feels Like In The Dead Of Night When Task Lists Jitter Like Tickertape Through Your Seething Brain.

Can't Is For Pussies.

My Husband Is Old-fashioned And Kind, He Does The Greatest Sinatra Impression, And I'd Never Have Written Anything If He Hadn't Read All Those Bedtime Stories And Unloaded The Dishwasher While I Slaved Over Chapters.

The Software Program For Motherhood Is Impossible To Fully Download Into The Male Brain. You Give Them Two Tasks And They're Like, 'i Have To Change The Baby And Get The Dry Cleaning?'

A Father Is The Template Of A Man Nature Gives A Girl

The Great Thing About Unrequited Love Is It's The Only Kind That Lasts.

Oh, Where Is The Fairy Godmother Of Explanations When You Need Her?

When You're Young Your Mother Shields You From The World Because She Thinks You're Too Young To Understand, And When She's Old You Shield Her Because She's Too Old To Understand - Or To Have Any More Understanding Inflicted Upon Her. The Curve Of Life Goes: Want To Know, Know, Don't Want To Know.

My Child Was One Of Nature's Tories Pitted Against A Mother Who Was One Of Nurture's Lefties: It Was No Contest.

For Centuries, The Question Of Men Needing To Comprehend Women Simply Didn't Arise. Men Were Valued According To How They Measured Up To The Manly Virtues.

A Mother Of A One-year-old Boy Is A Movie Star In A World Without Critics.

People Say That Time Is A Great Healer. Which People? What Are They Talking About? I Think Some Feelings You Experience In Your Life Are Written In Indelible Ink And The Best You Can Hope For Is That They Fade A Little Over The Years.