successful parenting was like log rolling, and she'd often landed in the drink.
Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.
I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.
The strength you've insisted on assigning to others is actually within yourself.
The French would eat anything that couldn't outrun them.
The only obvious advantage to being an adult is that you can eat your dessert without haying sampled the vegetables.