I tried getting my dad to buy me a beeper for my birthday,” he says, “but he thinks only doctors and drug dealers need them.
And everyone knows you can’t disprove a rumor.
If I had a chance with him, I missed it. No, I didn't miss it. I threw it away.
It may seem that every time someone offers you a hand up, they just let go and you slip further down.
It's hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true.
Normally when a person has a stellar image another person's waiting in the wings to tear them apart. They're waiting for that one fatal flaw to expose itself.