Shelby

“I sometimes used to wish I could hit pause for six months or a year and now it’s like the universe called my bluff.”
― Curtis Sittenfeld

“We’re so lucky,” I said. “Don’t you think? Most people don’t have that. I know, everywhere other than New York, if you have a good job and a spouse and kids and a house and a car, those are the markers of maturity and stability and completeness. And you eat your dinner at seven p.m. and go to bed at ten, and go for vigorous jogs on the weekend. If you’re into that, great. But there are lots of other ways to put a life together.”
― Curtis Sittenfeld

“Gesturing at the view, I’d said, “It’s so painful being reminded that the smugness of people who live in California is justified.”
― Curtis Sittenfeld