80 Quotes by Peg Bracken

Like a chastity belt, the package tour keeps you out of mischief but a bit restive for wondering what you missed.

Peas went with carrots as infallibly as ham went with eggs. For years I thought carrots and peas grew on the same vine.

Everything takes longer than you think it should, except for some things that don't take as long.

... you're not supposed to cuss when you're an old lady, and just when there's so much more to cuss about ...

When you're little, time stretches obligingly, and vacation is forever.

Drinking: something to do while getting drunk.

... I've never found anything whatsoever that is as easy to do the right way as the wrong way, and if there is such a thing I would like to know about it.

... parents embarrass their children probably more than the other way around. I don't know why we should blush so hard for our parents -- we didn't rear them -- and yet we do.

It is always a taut moment in a foreign country waiting to see if your English-speaking guide speaks English ...