“The family is always the family but during vacations it is an extended family and that is exhausting.”

About Gertrude Stein

1874 – 1946

American writer and art collector who lived in Paris, author of 'The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas' and 'Paris France'.

“One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.”

“It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.”

“It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business.”

“Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.”

“The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.”

“All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.”

“A man may be a fool and not know it—but not if he is married.”

“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.”

“The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.”