we all grow up thinking our parents found us under cabbage leaves and that sex didn't exist before our personal coming-of-age.

- Mary Jo Putney

Competence is a great creator of confidence.

- Mary Jo Putney

If death is inevitable, one should try to die well.

- Mary Jo Putney

[On New York City:] From a dating point of view, it's like a really large rummage sale - lots of strange items, but darned little that you'd want to …

- Mary Jo Putney

What one loves in childhood stays in the heart forever.

- Mary Jo Putney

I've always thought of this city as Disneyland for adults. ... There's no danger of Las Vegas expiring from an excess of good taste.

- Mary Jo Putney

A witty vicar once said that a good marriage is like a pair of scissors with the couple inseparable joined, often moving in opposite directions, yet …

- Mary Jo Putney

I love Christmas. A time to slow down and enjoy life and be with my family and friends. In busy years, it keeps me sane. In bad years, it makes me fe…

- Mary Jo Putney

Like cats and ice cream, showers were among life's simple, uncomplicated pleasures.

- Mary Jo Putney