#si

When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#begun #decide #divorce #get #last

A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run - sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring at your feet. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#chase #come #feet #him #ignore

I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

#basic #decided #i #i always #i write

After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#becomes #dull #her #him #his

Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side, his nobler instincts, and his higher nature - and another woman to help him forget them. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#another woman #appeal #better #every #every man

Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#eyesight #fallen #faulty #four #life

Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#grouch #hangs #his #jest #justification

A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#duplicate #himself #lost #man #may

Between lovers a little confession is a dangerous thing. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#confession #dangerous #dangerous thing #little #lovers

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped guessing. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#dozen #easier #guessing #half #keep