Cheese for dessert is rather like Paradise Lost in that everyone thinks he ought to like it, but still you don't notice… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
I believe that one's basic financial attitudes are - like a tendency toward fat knees - probably formed in utero, or, at… — Peg Bracken Attitude Copy Share Image
Quotations can be valuable, like raisins in the rice pudding, for adding iron as well as eye appeal. — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
... parents embarrass their children probably more than the other way around. I don't know why we should blush so hard for… — Peg Bracken Child Copy Share Image
it isn't true, by the way, that nothing is as bad as you think it's going to be. Some things are exactly… — Peg Bracken Thinking Copy Share Image
Why does a slight tax increase cost you two hundred dollars and a substantial tax cut save you thirty cents? — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
But let me say this about learning experiences: they're weird. Or put it this way: what you learn from a learning experience… — Peg Bracken Education Copy Share Image
Kitchens were different then, too - not only what came out of them, but their smells and sounds. A hot pie cooling… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
The fact is, the cocktail party has much in its favor. Going to one is a good way of indicating that you're… — Peg Bracken Alive Copy Share Image
It isn't surprising that many children consider their parents to be a little dim, and that they sometimes try to update them.… — Peg Bracken Being a parent Copy Share Image
many people choose, early on, their own truths from the large smorgasbord available. And once they've chosen them, for good reason or… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
The same fire that hardens the egg will melt the butter; and much depends on the personality type, whether you customarily rise… — Peg Bracken Challenges Copy Share Image
There was something immensely comforting, I found, about a crumpet - so comforting that I've never forgotten about them and have even… — Peg Bracken Comfort Copy Share Image
When people say it's a funny thing about them, you will probably be able to control your hysterics. They are only getting… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
Peas went with carrots as infallibly as ham went with eggs. For years I thought carrots and peas grew on the same… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
People would have more leisure time if it weren't for all the leisure-time activities that use it up. — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
