“One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything.”

“Why this man should love that woman, what queer chemical mix-up in our blood draws us to one another, who can tell?”

“A woman is like whiskey. She evaporates a little over time, distilled by disappointments and grief. One can never predict if the angels will take the best of her or the worst. Only time will tell is the woman that remains will be bitter, dispirited or aged to perfection..”

“No woman should have a memory. Memory in a woman is the beginning of dowdiness. One can always tell from a woman's bonnet whether she has got a memory or not.”

“A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....one friend who always makes her laugh... and one wholets her cry...”

“Adelaide believes that all children should have enough grown-ups around who love them so that one can tell them to fight, one can tell them not to, and one can tell them not to worry so much.”