I've been in love and it doesn't last. And when it's over, it's hell for a while. And then one discovers that life goes on. Eventually, one falls in …

- Laura Lee

Fact: More people are killed each year by teddy bears than by grizzly bears.

- Laura Lee

There were times, however, when a man had to make a strategic retreat to win the game.

- Laura Lee

A woman could be as beautiful as she felt herself to be.

- Laura Lee

One couldn't spend one's entire life waiting for life to start.

- Laura Lee

That makes sense, I suppose. But for me, reading is an adventure. It makes me an armchair traveler and takes me places I shall never be able to go.

- Laura Lee

I suppose all moms have an idea who they hope their daughters will be. Like a connect-the-dots picture where you think you know what shape it will be…

- Laura Lee

But when I close my eyes, I'm more like THIS under the surface: I'm laughing and scheming and dreaming.

- Laura Lee

You long to jump off, but you just can't work up the nerve, so you tell yourself you're content to look at the view.

- Laura Lee