If this was adulthood the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that she could now eat dessert without eating her vegetables.

Dying was apparently a weaning process; all the attachments to familiar people and objects have to be undone.

The only obvious advantage to being an adult is that you can eat your dessert without haying sampled the vegetables.

Inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.

Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.

A snake will always be a snake, even if you put a chain around its neck and try to make it walk upright.

successful parenting was like log rolling, and she'd often landed in the drink.