Susan Howard

“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.”
― David Mamet, Boston Marriage

“God, let me think clearly and brightly; let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences, let me someday see who I am.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Journals of Sylvia Plath

“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do. ”
― Hermann Hesse

“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.”
― Anna Quindlen