Friends are “annuals” that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a “perennial” that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There’s a place in the garden for both of them.
ERMA BOMBECKIt takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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I haven’t trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I’ve never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex.
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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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