In a Nutshell - 23: Pearls of Parenting Wisdom and Humor

• The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific and torturous. (Anna Quindlen).
• The most important thing she'd learned over the years was that there was no way to be a perfect mother and a million ways to be a good one. (Jill Churchill)
• Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them. (Rita Rudner)
• The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy. (Sam Levenson)
• Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometime, though, it's just pure, unthinking delight. (Barbara Schapiro)
• I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions. (Augusten Burroughs)
• At some point we all feel like we are drowning in motherhood. (Saralee Sky)
• Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence. (Sholem Asch)
• You’re not famous until your mother knows about it. (Jay Leno)