Jane

“Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg before it is broken.”
― M.F.K. Fisher

“Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy”
― Phyllis McGinley

“If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.”
― Catherine Aird

“I had seen enough of Western courtship rituals to know European families did little to identify, research and arrange suitable marriages. Instead, to catch the attention of potential partners, Western males had to resort to shows of strength, aggression and virility, rather like wild boars in the mating season, and Western females had to decorate themselves and their homes, like bower birds.”
― Ovidia Yu, The Frangipani Tree Mystery