Merle Shain
Merle Shain
Merle Shain was a Canadian author and journalist...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionAuthor
CountryCanada
learning years agony
One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
both friendship gift given giver giving goes work
Friendship is the gift that goes on giving and is a gift to both the person given to and to the giver as well. But to really make it work it isn't enough to give to another person, you have also to let them give to you.
american-musician employ hands hearts hire men work
You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you.
american-musician learns
One often learns more from ten days of agony than ten years of contentment.
again husband marry rich sort
If I were to marry again tomorrow, I wouldtn't give up one friend. I'd take them all with me as a sort of dowry and tell my new husband that he was getting a rich wife.
divorce views grandparent
Perhaps the old view of 'Me breadwinner, you hausfrau' worked for our grandparents, when people obligingly popped off before boring each other to death, but it won't work any longer because we are living too long and divorce is needed today to do what death acomplished more economically before.
men perfect
Some men are more perfect than others.
journey emotional thinking
Feelings take you into uncharted territory from time to time it's true, but you almost always benefit from the journey one way or the other. We tend to think of the rational as a higher order, but it is the emotional that marks our lives.
heartbreak running dog
One can't run in a park without a dog or make angels in the snow without a child and there are things one can't do without a lover, so the loss of the lover is like an amputation and the patient goes into shock.
strong taken mean
It can be much harder to be on the receiving end of a transaction than to be the one who gets to give. In fact, being given to can mean being taken from. There is a very strong connection between pride and giving, and those who do the giving get to feel that they are worthy, while those who are given to often feel that they are not.
eye men sight
But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind?
cynicism cowardice form
Cynicism is a form of cowardice, a failure of courage to hope.
men cynical cynicism
You can tell a lot about what a man lacks by watching what he is cynical about, and many of us are cynical about love.
world
when you put something good into the world, something good comes back to you.