I love my children…I'm delighted to see them come and delighted to see them go.

As quoted in: Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (OUP Oxford, 2008 ), p. 52. According to "The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator" (Nelson Thornes, 1995) by Rowan Bayne, p. 28, the English novelist Anita Brookner said exactly the same thing about her friends: "Anita [...] said in an interview, about visits from friends: 'I'm delighted to see them and delighted to see them go"