"Fish sticks and beef stew that millions of children love to hate"

"The biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman’s love with no intention of loving her"

"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop"

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"He is not a lover who does not love forever"

"I love to travel, but hate to arrive"

"Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them"

"If children grew up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses"

"Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath"

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance"