“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
“God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul. But because I happen to be a parent of almost fiercely maternal nature, I praise casualness. It seems to me the rarest of virtues. It is useful enough when children are small. It is useful to the point of necessity when they are adolescents.” KnowsNeedsHumansChildrenSoulEnoughSeemsHappensMotherParentWomenVirtueAspectPraiseBraveMotherhoodToleranceFlexibilityFortitudeGod KnowsHuman SoulFirmness Author:Phyllis McGinley
“Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with one man.” MenImportantWomenMemorableOne ManGetting Along Book:The province of the heart Source: The province of the heart
“Women like other women fine. The more feminine she is, the more comfortable a woman feels with her own sex. It is only the occasional and therefore noticeable adventuress who refuses to make friends with us.” FeelsSexWomenFineComfortableRefuseFeminineOccasional 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
