Erma Louise Bombeck

I came across a few quotations from this writer and instantly decided to share them with you.

From Wikipedia : Erma Louise Bombeck (February 21, 1927 – April 22, 1996), born Erma Fiste, was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for a newspaper column that depicted suburban home life in the second half of the 20th century.

Favorite Quotes from her writings that I collected:

"There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child."
" It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else."
"Laughter rises out of tragedy, when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage."
"When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me."

And these are her books .... some of them are excellent humorous one-liners

* The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank
* Aunt Erma's Cope Book
* If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?
* I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression
* When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home
* Just Wait Until You Have Children of Your Own (written with Bil Keane)
* Family - The Ties that Bind... and Gag!
* A Marriage Made in Heaven or Too Tired for an Affair
* At Wit's End
* Forever, Erma: Best-Loved Writing From American's Favorite Humorist
* Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession
* I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise: Children Surviving Cancer
* All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room.

~enjoy