30 Quotes by Wallis Simpson

The real essence of any marriage that has struggled, however unsuccessfully, towards happiness, lies in the growth of a wordless understanding that what is acceptable to one partner will be acceptable to the other.

There is a peacefulness, an air of reflection, about a rocking-chair that attaches to no other moving object ...

There can be nothing more baffling in a human relationship than silence, the dark loom of doubts and questions unexpressed.

Never explain, never complain.

All this was mine; but I was a long time learning that wisdom and experience are things apart; that to taste life is not to be confused with understanding what life is really all about. The shared experiences, the wisdom so freely proffered by others, in words and in example, rarely swayed me for long. Came another day and the import was gone, and only the echo of the laughter remained. Experience was a revolving sun in the warmth of which I was content to bask.

I was a long time learning that wisdom and experience are things apart; that to taste life is not to be confused with understanding what life is really all about.

I'm not a beautiful woman. I'm nothing to look at, so the only thing I can do is dress better than anyone else.

I’m not a beautiful woman. I’m nothing to look at, so the only thing I can do is dress better than anyone else.

There is a peacefulness, an air of reflection, about a rocking-chair that attaches to no other moving object...