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Mary-Lou Weisman Quotes

Having traveled initially to get away, ultimately we travel to come home.

Having traveled initially to get away, ultimately we travel to come home.

Mary-Lou Weisman
Travel, Home, Get Away
Mary-Lou Weisman, Edward Koren (2003). “Traveling While Married”, p.23, Algonquin Books

The mature, forty-five-year-old woman, quite experienced in matters of life and death, knows that it was 'for the best,' but Daddy's girl, who hung onto his belt and danced fox trots on the tops of his shoes, cannot accept that Daddy is not here anymore.

Mary-Lou Weisman
Girl, Death, Years

I have been in Paris for almost a week and I have not heard anyone say calories, or cholesterol, or even arterial plaque. The French do not season their food with regret.

Mary-Lou Weisman
Regret, Paris, France
Mary-Lou Weisman, Edward Koren (2003). “Traveling While Married”, p.77, Algonquin Books

It is not possible to rent a beach house within five hours' drive of one's hometown without being visited by people. This is especially true if I have actually invited them. One of my problems is that I like to be nicer than I actually am.

Mary-Lou Weisman
Beach, People, House
Mary-Lou Weisman, Edward Koren (2003). “Traveling While Married”, p.125, Algonquin Books

Perhaps for totemic reasons, people like to possess a piece of the country they are visiting. Women like to wear it. Men like to eat it.

Mary-Lou Weisman
Country, Travel, Men
Mary-Lou Weisman (2003). “Traveling While Married”, p.9, Algonquin Books

All too often, when people don't know where they are, have jet lag, don't speak the language, and can't figure out the money or maintain intestinal regularity, they get hostile.

Mary-Lou Weisman
Travel, People, Lag
Mary-Lou Weisman, Edward Koren (2003). “Traveling While Married”, p.1, Algonquin Books

In the beginning, there was no retirement. There were no old people. In the Stone Age, everyone was fully employed until age 20, by which time nearly everyone was dead, usually of unnatural causes. Any early man who lived long enough to develop crow's-feet was either worshiped or eaten as a sign of respect.

Mary-Lou Weisman
Retirement, Feet, Long
"The History of Retirement, From Early Man to A.A.R.P." by Mary-Lou Weisman, www.nytimes.com. March 21, 1999.

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