“I know all about violence and physical abuse because my first husband used to beat me severely when he got drunk. Once, I can remember coming home from a party and walking up our vast marble staircase at the Fifth Avenue house while he was striking me. I thought, If I just gave him one shove down the staircase I would be rid of him forever.” IfsKnowsFirstsI CanHomeWould BeRememberUsedHousePartyForeverViolenceWalkingHusbandBeatsAbuseDrunkComing HomeFifthAvenuesMarblePhysical AbuseStaircasesFifth Avenue Author:Clare Boothe Luce
“travel never made a bore interesting; it only makes for a well-traveled bore, in the same way coffee makes for a wide-awake drunk. In fact, the more a bore travels, the worse he gets. The only advantage in it for his friends and family is that he isn't home as much.” WayWellsMadeFactsHomeInterestingAdvantageWideCoffeeDrunkAwakeBoresTraveledFamily And FriendsWide Awake Book:But I Wouldn't Have Missed it for the World!: The Pleasures and Perils of an Unseasoned Traveler Source: But I Wouldn't Have Missed it for the World!: The Pleasures and Perils of an Unseasoned Traveler