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. – Nora Ephron
My mother wanted us to understand that the tragedies of your life one day have the potential to be comic stories the next. – Nora Ephron
You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets. – Nora Ephron
Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are willing to admit that they are crazy. – Nora Ephron
Do not judge from mere appearances; for the lift laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy. The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool. – Edwin Hubbel Chapin