I remember thinking how often we look, but never see … we listen, but never hear … we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.
ERMA BOMBECKOne never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
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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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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The hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?
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One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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I just clipped 2 articles from a current magazine. One is a diet guaranteed to drop 5 pounds off my body in a weekend. The other is a recipe for a 6 minute pecan pie.
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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