By The Early Seventies I Had Become

I Never Mind The Accusations Of Domesticity, As Long As People Recognise That All Of Us, Even The Luckiest, Will Live Lives In Which We Have Our Hearts Broken, Suffer The Loss Of Loved Ones, Worry Ourselves Half To Death About Our Kids.

Sarcasm And Compassion Are Two Of The Qualities That Make Life On Earth Tolerable.

Everything's Complicated, Even Those Things That Seem Flat In Their Bleakness Or Sadness.

He Has The Personality Of A Child Prodigy, But No Discernable Talent.

I Burst Into Tears And I Cry And Cry Until It Feels As Though It Is Not Salt And Water Being Squeezed From My Eyes, But Blood.