I never did learn how to live in the moment, but I did learn that moments could be wasted and the world would continue to spin on its axis.

Yes, it's quite amazing how I continue to shock my mother even after all these years together

I never did learn how to live in the moment, but I did learn that moments could be wasted and the world would continue to spin on its axis.

She still remembered sitting for hours as a little girl and pretending to be a hassock. A foot stool. Because if she could just stay very small, and very quiet, her mother would forget she was there, and then she wouldn't scream about people and places and things that had gone wrong.

If you don't mind a word of advice, one never asks a lady to set her own price. If you have to ask, the answer will always be more than you can afford.

Cats always land on their feet. Dogs don't.

One more time, she promised herself. That wasn't too trollopy. She wouldn't be too trollopy. But when they actually got to the guardhouse? Trollopy.