He had told me of his days as a woman, the long hours of enforced tedium, with only the dances for relief.
“Zoey understood that mothering was in the details you never saw. And the lack of it was the things you always noticed.”
― Other Birds
― Other Birds
“For all the things we say to our children for their own good, very little good ever comes of it.”
― My Name Is Mary Sutter
― My Name Is Mary Sutter
“Skepticism is luxury.”
― The Saving Graces
― The Saving Graces
“Is anything more American than our right to reinvent ourselves?”
― Vexation Lullaby
― Vexation Lullaby
“I'm not generally in a hurry. I lost my hurry a long time ago. Why rush? Where do I need to get so fast? Just the opposite, my everyday life centres around small actions aimed at helping pass the time, making it disappear into a series of unimportant motions completed without the slightest hint of urgency.”
― A Little Luck
― A Little Luck
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