"In prayer one must hold fast and never let go because the one who gives up loses all. If it seems that no one is listening to you then cry out even louder. If you are driven out of one door go back..."
- Jane Frances de Chantal
"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."
- Jane Austen
"Let's face it there's lots of spoiled kids out there . . . because you can't spank Grandma."
- Janet Anderson
"I love being a great-grandparent but what I hate is being the the mother of a grandparent."
"My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for."
- Jane Rule
"There is a great difference between satisfaction and satiation."
- Mary Jane Sherfey
"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love."
"Call it a clan call it a network call it a tribe call it a family: Whatever you call it whoever you are you need one."
- Jane Howard
"Who ran to help me when I fell And would some pretty story tell Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother."
- Jane Taylor
"I have come to esteem history as a component of friendships. In my case at least friendships are not igneous but sedimentary."