Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know its the most exquisite love of all. – Maggie Gallagher
Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher. – Maggie Gallagher
When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites instead it fragments. – Maggie Gallagher
In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. – John Burroughs, “The Snow-Walkers,” 1866