The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving. — Merle Shain Blessing Copy Share Image
There are many pages in the book, many kinds of lives we each can live, many ways to be rich, and even… — Merle Shain Book Copy Share Image
Girls gave sex to get love and boys gave love to get sex and conning girls was the favorite indoor sport. — Merle Shain Boys Copy Share Image
You can tell a lot about what a man lacks by watching what he is cynical about, and many of us are… — Merle Shain Cynical Copy Share Image
But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind? — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
The older I get, the clearer it becomes to me that no one is cheated in this world, unless it's by himself. — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with… — Merle Shain Work Copy Share Image
The answer doesn't lie in learning how to protect ourselves from life-it lies in learning how to become strong enough to let… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
The people in your life are like the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, and sometimes they lean on… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
One can't run in a park without a dog or make angels in the snow without a child and there are things… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Friends are like windows through which you see out into the world and back into yourself. If you don't have friends you… — Merle Shain Friend Copy Share Image
Feelings take you into uncharted territory from time to time it's true, but you almost always benefit from the journey one way… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
Perhaps the old view of 'Me breadwinner, you hausfrau' worked for our grandparents, when people obligingly popped off before boring each other… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
The roots of love sink down and deep and strike out far, and they are arteries that feed our lives, so we… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
The conflict between what one is and who one is expected to be touches all of us. And sometimes, rather than reach… — Merle Shain Chance Copy Share Image
No marriage is one person's failure any more than it's one person's success, so it works best to see a marriage that… — Merle Shain Best marriage Copy Share Image
The job of a friend is not to decide what should be done, not to run interference or pick up the slack.… — Merle Shain Copy Share Image
