Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them. – Jean Kerr
Marrying a man is like buying something youve been admiring for a long time in a shop window. You may love it when you get it home, but it doesnt always go with everything else in the house. – Jean Kerr
Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself like, for instance, he cant find any clean socks. – Jean Kerr
Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite. – Jean Kerr
The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I ended up working for engineering companies, and thats where I found my material, in the everyday struggle between capitalism and grace. Being broke and tired, you dont come home your best self. – George Saunders