It is only in fiction that the protagonist moves in a single minded, one point focus, screening out everything that isn't related to the plot. Real people have to deal with the Myrtles of this world, who have sciatica and cold sores and want to tell you about them
Susan Wittig AlbertThere is nothing like a grocery list to remind us how human we are.
Susan Wittig AlbertDoes that mean you're prepared to deal with whatever turns up? People aren't sometimes. When they learn the real truth, they're all of a sudden content to live with a lie.
Susan Wittig AlbertOne person's weed is another person's wildflower.
Susan Wittig AlbertMots clés flowers
The worst thing about talk ... is that there's no way to lay it to rest. Every fresh breeze brings a new speculation.
Susan Wittig AlbertMaude regards the ones who don't make it as her own personal failures. "I guess I didn't put enough emphasis on 'until death do you part,'" she says sourly, whenever she hears about the latest divorce. "Sad to say, but some are in it just for the good times. Married folks, they gotta be like that cat's claw acacia I've got growin' in my yard. Gotta grab hard and hold on tight when the going gets rough. Only way to get through the bad times. Grab hard, hold on, and ride. No matter what.
Susan Wittig AlbertMots clés marriage divorce bad-times cat-s-claw
But as it turned out, the two had a great deal in common, for both Bailey and Thackeray (named for the famous novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, author of Vanity Fair) were devoted bibliophiles who believed that "a book a day kept the world at bay," as Thackeray was fond of saying. Bailey was the offspring of a generation of badgers who insisted that "Reader" was the most rewarding vocation to which a virtuous badger might be called and who gauged their week's anticipated pleasure by the height of their to-be-read pile. (Perhaps you know people like this. I do.)
Susan Wittig AlbertMots clés bibliophiles
Never ask, never get," the dog replied. "Never try, never taste. Never taste, never enjoy.
Susan Wittig AlbertMots clés trying
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