Marriage is a lot of things-an alliance, a sacrament, a comedy, or a mistake; but it is definitely not a partnership because that implies equal gain. And every right-thinking woman knows the profit in matrimony is by all odds hers. Phyllis McGinley More Quotes by Phyllis McGinley More Quotes From Phyllis McGinley suffering is as necessary to entertaining as vermouth is to a Martini - a small but vital ingredient. Phyllis McGinley hospitality ingredients suffering Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense. Phyllis McGinley creation garden goal It is the leisured, I have noticed, who rebel the most at an interruption of routine. Phyllis McGinley interruptions rebel routine Sticks and stones are hard on bones, aimed with angry art, words can sting like anything but silence breaks the heart. Phyllis McGinley God knows that a mother needs fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul. But because I happen to be a parent of almost fiercely maternal nature, I praise casualness . It seems to me the rarest of virtues. It is useful enough when children are small. It is important to the point of necessity when they are adolescents. Phyllis McGinley Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point. Phyllis McGinley Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and trade and to give men their freedom. Let them do what they are best at. While we scrawl interoffice memos and direct national or extranational affairs, men could spend all their time inventing wheels, peering at stars, composing poems, carving statues, exploring continents -- discovering, reforming, or crying out in a sacramental wilderness. Efficiency would probably increase, and no one would have to worry so much about the Gaza Strip or an election. Phyllis McGinley Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man. Phyllis McGinley man important men knowledge
