Tragedy is when someone ends up dead. Everything else is just a bump in the road. For the record, that was something Daddy used to say.
Gabrielle ZevinWhat were you like," I asked her. "we're you happy? Or were you smiling because they told you to?
Gabrielle ZevinSorry but nothing of much importance ever happened to me...I'm just a girl who forgot to look both ways before crossing the street.
Gabrielle ZevinIt's a weakness to apologize before hearing what the other person's grievances are. You don't want to end up creating new grievances where there were none to begin with. Another Daddy-ism, if you hadn't already guessed.
Gabrielle Zevin