I survived my childhood by birthing many separate identities to stand in for one another in times of great stress and fear.

The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power. You just take it.

Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month when I can be myself.

I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.

Excuse the mess but we live here.

As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job.

Half the world's starving; the other half is trying to lose weight.

Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more space we'll take up, and the more we'll have to be reckoned with.

I call myself a 'domestic goddess.

Experts say you should never hit your children in anger. When is a good time? When you're feeling festive?

I quit smoking. I feel better. I smell better. And it's safer to drink out of old beer cans laying around the house.

She drifted down into the water, letting it engulf her body until even her face was underwater. The silence was delicious, just the sound of her own heartbeat in her ears.

For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character.

The shiny paint laid on by curiosity's hand has worn off. What thing better can a man know than the love of Christ, which passes knowledge?

I have done all the work I usually do and a little bit more, so hopefully that will produce results in at least one of the last two Tests.

When I was planning Family Viewing, the Ontario Film Development Corporation came into existence.

Starting a job and working hard is how to be successful.

Stop-Go seemed more sensiblr than using the brake and accelerator at the same time - a practice that later became fashionable.

For me, my mother is everything.

I've been called treacherous, stupid, venal, lazy ..and that's only by the Tories.