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> [Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/good-kids-are-like-sunsets-we-take-them-for-granted/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

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> [Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how hard they try to please us, and how miserable they feel when they think they have failed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/good-kids-are-like-sunsets-we-take-them-for-granted-every-evening/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

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## More by Erma Bombeck

> [Cats invented self-esteem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/cats-invented-self-esteem/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [To my way of thinking, the American family started to decline when parents began to communicate with their children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/to-my-way-of-thinking-the-american-family-started-to-decline-when/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [The woman who says, 'My kids are all speaking to one another and they love us' is a psychopathic liar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/the-woman-who-says-my-kids-are-all-speaking-to-one-another-and-they/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [The term 'working mother' is redundant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/the-term-working-mother-is-redundant/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [To say, "Well, I write when I really get into it" is a bunch of bull. Put the paper in the typewriter, stare at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/to-say-well-i-write-when-i-really-get-into-it-is-a-bunch-of-bull-put/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [I used everything you gave me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/i-used-everything-you-gave-me/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [Just think of all those women on the Titanic who said, 'No thank you' to desert that night. And for what?!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/just-think-of-all-those-women-on-the-titanic-who-said-no-thank-you-to/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [The mole rat is the only rodent born without a fur coat. With a good lawyer, someone would pay for that little oversight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/the-mole-rat-is-the-only-rodent-born-without-a-fur-coat-with-a-good/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [God created man, but I could do better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/god-created-man-but-i-could-do-better/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [If the nest is truly empty, who owns all this junk?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/if-the-nest-is-truly-empty-who-owns-all-this-junk/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/housework-if-it-is-done-properly-can-cause-brain-damage/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [Making coffee has become the great compromise of the decade. It's the only thing "real" men do that doesn't seem to threaten their masculinity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/making-coffee-has-become-the-great-compromise-of-the-decade-it-s-the/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [I have a friend who lives by a three-word philosophy: Seize the Moment. Just possibly, she may be the wisest woman on this planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/i-have-a-friend-who-lives-by-a-three-word-philosophy-seize-the-moment/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/when-i-stand-before-god-at-the-end-of-my-life-i-would-hope-that-i/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

> [Before we sent kids to computer camps and told them they were having a good time, there was imagination among the human species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erma-bombeck/before-we-sent-kids-to-computer-camps-and-told-them-they-were-having/)

[Erma Bombeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erma-bombeck/)

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