Timothy Knutson

“Shit is the tofu of cursing and can be molded to whichever condition the speaker desires.”
― David Sedaris, When You Are Engulfed in Flames

“I know it sounds calculating, but if you’re not cute, you might as well be clever.”
― David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day

“The people I hung out with in my early twenties were middle-class and, at least to our minds, artistic. We’d all turned our backs on privilege, but comfortably, the way you can when you still have access to it. No one wanted to call home asking for money, but we all knew that in a pinch our parents would come through for us.”
― David Sedaris, Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

“Rather than admit defeat, I decided to change goals.”
― David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day