Marriage was all a womans idea and for mans acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful. – Phyllis McGinley
In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. – Phyllis McGinley
Marriage was all a womans idea and for mans acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful. – Phyllis McGinley
In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. – Phyllis McGinley
Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time! – Phyllis McGinley
Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure. – Phyllis McGinley
My parents had an arranged marriage, as did so many other people when I was growing up. My father came and had a life in the United States one way and my mother had a different one, and I was very aware of those things. I continue to wonder about it, and I will continue to write about it. – Jhumpa Lahiri