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Alice Adams

  • When you say fiscal responsibility, it seems to me that you really mean rich people keeping their money.

  • I have noticed that after a time of deep sorrow the greatest comfort may come from a person you do not know well.

    • Alice Adams,
    • "Legends," The Stories of Alice Adams ()
  • I have noticed that after a time of deep sorrow the greatest comfort may come from a person you do not know well ...

  • A wise friend told me that we all could use more than one set of parents — our relations with the original set are too intense, and need dissipating.

Alice Adams, U.S. writer

(1926 - 1999)