BUREN, ABIGAIL VAN : If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters. (Abigail Van Buren, U.S. advice columnist and radio show host who began the Dear Abby column in 1956 which became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world, 1918-2013)

BUREN, ABIGAIL VAN : People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. (Abigail Van Buren, U.S. advice columnist and radio show host who began the Dear Abby column in 1956 which became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world, 1918-2013)

BUREN, ABIGAIL VAN : Loneliness is the ultimate poverty. (Abigail Van Buren, U.S. advice columnist and radio show host who began the Dear Abby column in 1956 which became the most widely syndicated newspaper column in the world, 1918-2013)

BUREN, ABIGAIL VAN : Accept every blind date you can get, even with a girl who wears jeans. Maybe you can talk her out of them. (Abigail Van Buren, (Abigail Van Buren, U.S. advice columnist who authored the “Dear Abby” column, 1918-2013)