"Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them."

"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."

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

"Rivers know this: There is no hurry. We shall get there someday."

"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment."

"How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!"