Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
3886
AUTHOR:
Abigail Van Buren
QUOTATION:
First, there is the rocket-boosted mother-in-law…. queen of the melodrama when her acts of self-sacrifice and martyrdom go unnoticed and unrewarded. Her banner is the tear-stained hanky. She is as phony as a colic cure, transparent as a soap bubble. And as harmless as a barracuda. But she is really more wretched than wicked and needs more help than she can give.
