Mailbox Rule

Famous quotes containing the words mailbox and/or rule:

    “The snow far off on the pine
    nesting into the needles
    like addicts into their fix.
    The mailbox as stiff as a soldier
    but wearing a chef’s hat.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “Mothers easily become jealous of their sons’ friends when they are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than she does the son himself.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)