Hannah is missing school because one night, her father exiled her and her mother and Allison from the house. This was, obviously, somewhat insane. But it wasn't more insane or cruel than other things he's done, which is not to say he's insane or cruel all the time. He's himself; he can be perfectly pleasant; he's the weather system they live with , and all the behavior, whenever he is around, hinges on his mood. Don't the three of them understand that living with him simply is what it is? To complain or resist would be as useless as complaining about or resisting a tornado.
Curtis SittenfeldBeing called baby: like safaris and bowling leagues, a phenomenon she never thought she'd experience first hand.
Curtis SittenfeldAll things being equal, why not be married to a rich man? (Somewhere, Hannah thinks, there must be a needlepoint pillow asking this very question in a cleverer way.)
Curtis SittenfeldStichwörter: marriage good-questions riches
And I am pretty sure that's the point of reading fiction -- so someone else can say in a way you never would have something you recognize immediately.
Curtis SittenfeldThere was a way in which my grandmother's true self was not these guests' business; no one's true self was the business of more than a very small number of family members or close friends.
Curtis SittenfeldStichwörter: truth identity self
...if it's great reverence you're looking for, or earnest expressions of gratitude - well, then you don't work with kids.
Curtis SittenfeldShe has always been a bystander in family destruction, never realizing she herself possessed the capacity to inflict it.
Curtis SittenfeldStichwörter: family destruction
Being raised in an unstable household makes you understand that the world doesn't exist to accommodate you, which... is something a lot of people struggle to understand well into their adulthood. It makes you realize how quickly a situation can shift, how danger really is everywhere. But crises when the occur, do not catch you off guard; you have never believed you lived under a shelter of some essential benevolence. And an unstable childhood makes you appreciate calmness and not crave excitement.
Curtis SittenfeldI'm not a Democrat because I haven't thought about the issues. I'm a Democrat because I have.
Curtis SittenfeldI wanted to hold happiness in reserve, like a bottle of champagne. I postponed it because I was afraid, because I overvalued it, and then I didn't want to use it up, because what do you wish for then?
Curtis SittenfeldStichwörter: happiness taking-chances
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