Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone. – Phyllis McGinley
Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure. – Phyllis McGinley
Marriage was all a womans idea and for mans acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful. – Phyllis McGinley
Getting along with men isnt whats truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man. – Phyllis McGinley
I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that its easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin man and the loner. – Steve Martin