“Pressed for rules and verities, All i recolelct are these: Feed a cold and starve a fever. Argue with no true believer. Think-too-long is never-act. Scratch a myth and find a fact.” ThinkingLongFactsWomenColdMythArguingBelieverScratchesFeverTrue Believer Author:Phyllis McGinley
“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 seams, is inconvenient, needs constant refurbishing. And some of the family resources have been spent. To attain the privacy that grown-up people find so desirable, Easterners live a harder life than people elsewhere. Today it is we and not the frontiersman who must be rugged to survive.” PeopleNeedsHeartLongHas BeensHomeTodayAmericaVirtueResourcesHarderConstantEastPrivacyElsewhereDefectsDesirableInconvenientRugged Author:Phyllis McGinley
“Love or perish" we are told and we tell ourselves. The phrase is true enough so long as we do not interpret it as "Mingle or be a failure.” LongEnoughCompanyPhrases Book:The province of the heart Source: The province of the heart
“Women are the fulfilled sex. Through our children we are able to produce our own immortality, so we lack that divine restlessness which sends men charging off in pursuit of fortune or fame or an imagined Utopia. That is why we number so few geniuses among us. The wholesome oyster wears no pearl, the healthy whale no ambergris, and as long as we can keep on adding to the race, we harbor a sort of health within ourselves.” MenChildrenLongAbleSexWomenNumbersRaceProduceDivineGeniusHealthyFameOur ChildrenFortunePursuitImmortalityFulfilledPearlsHarborsUtopiaWhalesRestlessnessOystersCharging Book:The province of the heart Source: The province of the heart
