A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.

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The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is...

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

When I can no longer bear to think of the victims of broken homes, I...

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

There are times when parenthood seems nothing more than feeding the hand that bites you.

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

Marriage is a lottery in which men stake their liberty and women their happiness

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we...

We must love one another, yes, yes, that's all true enough, but nothing says we...

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

We all learn by experience but some of us have to go to summer school.

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car for ever...

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

I was thinking that we all learn by experience, but some of us have to...

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value...

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

The rich aren't like us, they pay less taxes.

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he...

My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill...

My doctor gave me six months to live, but when I couldn't pay the bill...

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and...

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and...

Compatible: Your money fits in the salesperson's wallet.

Compatible: Your money fits in the salesperson's wallet.

Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark,...

Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark,...