The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.
Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, Jack always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away flies in the summer.
There are two kinds of women, those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.
I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax?
Now, I think that I should have known that he was magic all along. I did know it - but I should have guessed that it would be too much to ask to grow old with and see our children grow up together. So...
One must not let oneself be overwhelmed by sadness.
If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.