It bothers me when I can't, for example, remember a name. I don't know if it's pre-senility or whether there are too many names packed in our brains.
Phillip LopateIf someone in my family is getting emotionally bent out of shape, I've had to learn to adapt.
Phillip LopateI am apt to be harsh in my secret judgments of others, seeing them as defective because they are not enough like me.
Phillip Lopate