Confessions to My Mother
A source page for quotes linked to Cathy Guisewite.
“There are only two secrets to a slimmer shape ... High heels and shoulder pads!”
“Sometimes the best Christmas present is remembering what you've already got.”
“After 14 years of dieting, there are only two things I've never lost. Hope and weight.”
“So often, happiness is the extent to which we balance our grandiose expectations with reality.”
“[On men:] I'm torn between wanting to have one and wanting to be one.”
“Men should come with instruction booklets.”
“Wake me up when I'm a size 5.”
“I've found it's better to talk to the machine and hang up if I get the person.”
“Breaking up: It's so easy to return their possessions, but so hard to get our brain cells back.”
“Food, love, career, and mothers, the four major guilt groups.”
“Every time I get something under control in my own life, the world provides more material.”
“I'd love to see more equal representation of female and male cartoonists on the comics page.”
“I'm more financially successful, but it just means the shopping blunders I make are bigger now.”
“The story of a mother's life: Trapped between a scream and a hug.”
“The biggest change in my life is that I now have to apologize for being thin.”