When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets? – Jim Bishop
Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla. – Jim Bishop
The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face. – Jim Bishop
A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender. – Jim Bishop
I dont diet, I dont do fads, Ive just decided to not eat carbs. So no more bread and pasta for the month. I cant live without chocolate, though. Ive always got a bar in my handbag. It has to be 72%. Any less and its too sweet, any more and its inedible. Like I said, Im very particular. – Nancy Meyers