"One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet supper from which it did not rise."

"If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football game or pennant race."

"Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers."

"If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you're decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin."

"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love."

"Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure."