Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can’t see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.
ERMA BOMBECKI 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.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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It is ludicrous to read the microwave direction on the boxes of food you buy, as each one will have a disclaimer: THIS WILL VARY WITH YOUR MICROWAVE. Loosely translated, this means, You’re on your own, Bernice.
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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
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People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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Children make your life important.
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A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
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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.
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Some emotions don’t make a lot of noise. It’s hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint – like a heartbeat. And pure love – why, some days it’s so quiet, you don’t even know it’s there.
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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He who laughs lasts.
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