The desire to get married, which - I regret to say, I believe is basic and primal in women - is followed almost immediately by an equally basic and primal urge - which is to be single again.

Quote by Nora Ephron

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Summer bachelors, like summer breezes, are never as cool as they pretend to be.

Summer bachelors, like summer breezes, are never as cool as they pretend to be.

In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.

In my sex fantasy, nobody ever loves me for my mind.

What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don't know. It is a great...

What will happen to sex after liberation? Frankly, I don't know. It is a great...

Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and...

Beware of men who cry. It's true that men who cry are sensitive to and...

As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even...

As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even...

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was...

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was...

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial...

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial...

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was...

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was...

It seemed to me that the desire to get married - which, I regret to...

It seemed to me that the desire to get married - which, I regret to...

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people...

Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people...

If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.

If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.

What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone...

What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone...

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.

Whenever I get married, I start buying Gourmet magazine.

There are plenty of men who philander during the summer, to be sure, but they...

There are plenty of men who philander during the summer, to be sure, but they...

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have...

I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page...

I don't care who you are. When you sit down to write the first page...

Successful people turn everyone who can help them into sometime mentors!

Successful people turn everyone who can help them into sometime mentors!

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered,...

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered,...

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.

I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot...

I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot...