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

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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 wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

I wanted to be bored to death, as good a way to go as any.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

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...

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

Pain is the question mark turned like a fishhook in the human heart.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Celibacy is the worst form of self-abuse.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

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

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...

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...

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must...

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must...

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...

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...

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

The tuba is certainly the most intestinal of instruments, the very lower bowel of music.

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.