it helps that in michigan everyone goes inside from november through april. but from may until october they are outside, on display, and all of a sudden if you are single, you have a window to heaven and no way at all to get in.
Charles BaxterWhat's agitating about solitude is the inner voice telling you that you should be mated to somebody, that solitude is a mistake. The inner voice doesn't care about who you find. It just keeps pestering you, tormenting you--if you happen to be me--with homecoming queens first, then girls next door, and finally anybody who might be pleased to see you now and then at the dinner table and in bed on occasion. You look up from reading the newspaper and realize that no one loves you, and no one burns for you.
Charles BaxterTags: love solitude relationships settling
You think that what I've told you is an anecdote. But really it isn't. It's my whole life. It's the only story I have.
Charles BaxterTags: life
You are a real find and you keep me satisfied, up to a point. After all, I'm a malcontent and you can't change that.
Charles BaxterTags: love satisfaction malcontents
The worst mistakes I've made have been the ones directed by sweet-natured hopefulness.
Charles BaxterGainfully unemployed, very proud of it, too.
Charles BaxterTags: retirement
Forget art. Put your trust in ice cream.
Charles BaxterEthics is a dream.
Charles BaxterTags: morality ethics philosophy
In truth, there are only two realities: the one for people who are in love or love each other, and the one for people who are standing outside all that.
Charles BaxterThere is no weather in malls.
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