There is nothing like champagne to ensure sweet dreams.

- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

Though my own life is filled with activity, letters encourage momentary escape into other lives, and I come back to my own with greater contentment.

- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

Sometimes being a good mother gets in the way of being a good person.

- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

We are all so much more complicated than we allow ourselves to appear.

- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

But a piece of paper can be a powerful presence. I have always had enormous respect for the written word and invariably find a letter more revealing …

- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

Sometimes I think it is ... frustration with life as it is lived day to day that compels me to write such long letters to people who seldom reply in …

- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

Time is a cruel thief to rob us of our former selves. We lose as much to life as we do to death.

- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

Whenever life gets to be too much for me, I have a hard time keeping my eyes open. Sleeping is cheaper and safer than drinking. It keeps you from say…

- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey