9 quotes found
“consolation is a beautiful word. everyone skins his knee-that doesnt make yours hurt anyless.”
“I had my own bed. I slept in it alone, except for those times when we needednot sexbut sex was how we got there.”
“I had my own bed. I slept in it alone, except for those times when we needed—not sex—but sex was how we got there.”
“Theres so much I cant read because I get so exasperated. Someone starts describing the character boarding the plane and pulling the seat back. And I just want to say, Babe, I have been downtown. I ...”
“The worst of it is over now, and I can't say that I am glad. Lose that sense of lossyou have gone and lost something else. But the body moves toward health. The mind, too, in steps. One step at a t...”
“ I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands. In the course of the experiment, that chimp had a baby. Imagine how her trainers must have thrilled when the mother, without prompting, began ...”
“A five-hour flight works out to three days and nights on land, by rail, from sea to shining sea. You can chalk off the hours on the back of the seat ahead. But seventy-some hours will not seem so l...”
“There’s so much I can’t read because I get so exasperated. Someone starts describing the character boarding the plane and pulling the seat back. And I just want to say, Babe, I have been downtown. ...”
“I think of the chimp, the one with the talking hands. In the course of the experiment, that chimp had a baby. Imagine how her trainers must have thrilled when the mother, without prompting, began t...”
