I am an inveterate homemaker, it is at once my pleasure, my recreation, and my handicap. Were I a man, my books would have been written in leisure, protected by a wife and a secretary and various household officials. As it is, being a woman, my work has had to be done between bouts of homemaking. Pearl S. Buck
The American insanity for Loving Everybody is ruining my good temper and delivering my stomach to enormous bouts with acidity. Taylor Caldwell
My behavior is nonetheless, deplorable. Unfortunately, I'm quite prone to such bouts of deplorability--take for instance, my fondness for reading books at the dinner table. Brandon Sanderson
When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence. Ariel Gore
I gave him a look that said 'go on, get up if you want some more'. I've thrown a fair few benders like that in other bouts but to do it against someone of his experience is a bit special. Ricky Hatton
Never once, during any of my bouts of depression, had I been inclined or able to pick up a telephone and ask a friend for help. It wasn't in me. Kay Redfield Jamison