Betty MacDonald was a mid-20th century American author whose best-known book for adults was the comic memoir The Egg and I. Following are quotes by Betty MacDonald from these and some of her other memoirs and children’s novels.

The Egg and I recounts how the author, a city girl, became a chicken farmer. Onions in the Stew is the last of her series of memoirs, detailing a city family’s life on a rural island. She also produced the popular Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series.