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Phyllis McGinley, the Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and poet, charmed readers with her wit, humor, and keen observations of domestic life and suburban society. From her witty essays in The New Yorker to her beloved children's books like "The Year Without a Santa Claus," McGinley's delightful prose and timeless humor continue to entertain readers of all ages while offering insights into the joys and challenges of everyday existence.
"Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable."
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"Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable."

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"A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away."
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"A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away."

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"Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!"
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"Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!"

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"Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful."
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"Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful."

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"Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man."
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"Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man."

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"Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child."
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"Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child."

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"Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure."
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"Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure."

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"Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone."
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"Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone."

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"Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same."
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"Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same."

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"Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart."
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"Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart."

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"A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she can't fold a paper in a crowded train."
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"A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she can't fold a paper in a crowded train."

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"When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion."
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"When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion."

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"In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime."
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"In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime."

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"Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause."
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"Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause."

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