The family is always the family but during vacations it is an extended family and that is exhausting — Gertrude Stein

Politeness does not interfere with facts, politeness is just another fact.

After all, human beings are like that. When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone.

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come.