Occupation: Author Birth: March 21, 1905 Death: February 22, 1978
A mother's hardest to forgive. Life is the fruit she longs to hand you Ripe on a plate. And while you live, Relentlessly she understands you..
When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom….
The East is the hearthside of America. Like any home, therefore, it has the defects of its virtues. Because it is a long-lived-inhouse, it bursts its….
Oh, princes thrive on caviar, the poor on whey and curds, / And politicians, I infer, must eat their windy words. / It's crusts that feed the virtuou….
Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause..
Ladies with curly hair / Have time to spare..
For the hearts of nurses are solid gold, / But their heels are flat and their hands are cold, / And their voices lilt with a lilt that's falser / Tha….
The Enemy, who wears her mother's usual face and confidential tone, has access; doubtless stares into her writing case and listens on the phone..
Tomorrow will come and today will pass, / But the hearts of the young are brittle as glass..
I have read that during the process of canonization the Catholic Church demands proof of joy in the candidate, and although I have not been able to t….
Time is the thief you cannot banish..
It's hard / Keeping up with the avant-garde..
Wherever conversation's flowing, / Why must I feel it falls on me / To keep things going?.
One applauds the industry of professional philanthropy. But it has its dangers. After a while the private heart begins to harden. We fling letters in….
It's this no-nonsense side of women that is pleasant to deal with. They are the real sportsmen..
In spring when maple buds are red, We turn the clock an hour ahead; Which means, each April that arrives, We lose an hour out of our lives. Who ….
Oh, high is the price of parenthood, and daughters may cost you double. You dare not forget, as you thought you could, that youth is a plague and a t….
The successful truck gardener can never go out to dinner in the summer or spend a week end away, because his conscience tells him he has to be at hom….
The human animal needs a freedom seldom mentioned, freedom from intrusion. He needs a little privacy as much as he wants understanding or vitamins or….
Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here..
There are books that one needs maturity to enjoy just as there are books an adult can come on too late to savor..