“The children of this world and the adults of this world are in entirely separate boats and only drift near each other when we need a ride from someone or when someone needs us to wash our hands.”
― Who Could That Be at This Hour?
― Who Could That Be at This Hour?
“Scolding must be very, very fun, otherwise children would be allowed to do it. It is not because children don’t have what it takes to scold. You need only three things, really. You need time, to think up scolding things to say. You need effort, to put these scolding things in a good order, so that the scolding can be more and more insulting to the person being scolded. And you need chutzpah, which is a word for the sort of show-offy courage it takes to stand in front of someone and give them a good scolding, particularly if they are exhausted and sore and not in the mood to hear it.”
― Who Could That Be at This Hour?
― Who Could That Be at This Hour?
“You were all I wanted, the best gift. I hadn’t even been looking, not for you, and now you were my heart’s desire.”
― Why We Broke Up
― Why We Broke Up
“Every new promise was like something heavy I had to carry, with no place to put anything down.”
― Who Could That Be at This Hour?
― Who Could That Be at This Hour?
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