Gladys Bronwyn Stern

"Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute."

"She was the perfect cliché among dear little old ladies, down to the very lavender bags she placed among her linen."

"By the time one has decided on all the things that most certainly will have to be avoided in writing autobiography, nothing is left but blank pages or a masterpiece."

"G. B. Stern, in her delightful book Monogram (which for my money, contains about everything a book needs), tells of her rage, about three years ago, at learning that there were no such animals as unicorns."

"Man is a complex being who makes deserts bloom and lakes die."

"Silent gratitude isnt much use to anyone."