Death, Taxes And Childbirth! There's Never Any

The World Can Forgive Practically Anything Except People Who Mind Their Own Business.

Life's Under No Obligation To Give Us What We Expect. We Take What We Get And Are Thankful It's No Worse Than It Is.

It Doesn’t Matter Who You Marry, As Long As He Thinks Like You And Is A Gentleman And A Southerner And Prideful. For A Woman, Love Comes After Marriage.” “oh, Pa, That’s Such An Old Country Notion!” “and A Good Notion It Is! All This American Business Of Running Around Marrying For Love, Like Servants, Like Yankees! The Best Marriages Are When The Parents Choose For The Girl. For How Can A Silly Piece Like Yourself Tell A Good Man From A Scoundrel?

My Age Is My Own Private Business And I Intend To Keep It So - If I Can. I Am Not So Old That I Am Ashamed Of My Age And I Am Not So Young That I Couldn't Have Written My Book And That Is All The Public Needs To Know About My Age.

I Was Never One To Patiently Pick Up Broken Fragments And Glue Them Together Again And Tell Myself That The Mended Whole Was As Good As New. What Is Broken Is Broken - And I'd Rather Remember It As It Was At Its Best Than Mend It And See The Broken Places As Long As I Lived.