36 Quotes by Delia Ephron

Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies.

In your standard-issue family, of which few remain, but on which our expectations are still based, there are parents and there are children. The way you know which are which, aside from certain size and age differences and despite any behavior similarities, is that the parents are the bossy ones.

Preparing for the worst is an activity I have taken up since I turned thirty-five, and the worst actually began to happen.

in the family I grew up in, being called boring was like being called an ax murderer.

There is something fantastic about getting divorced. Everyone should do it to experience the extraordinary sense of freedom after being in marriage jail.

if you are a stepparent, rush right out and get yourself a dog. Because it's very nice to have someone in the house that loves you.

Someone will always tell you what you want to hear.

I'm planning to give up worrying. I want to, but I'm worried I won't be able to.

One quarter of what you buy will turn out to be mistakes.