“A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.”

“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.”

“Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of [parenthood] is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.”

“I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.”

“Life is a zoo in a jungle”

“Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.”

“We are not primarily put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through. ”