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"I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion."
— Jack Kerouac
— Jack Kerouac
"'Marry, don't marry,' Auntie Aya says as we unfold layers of dough to make an apple strudel.
'Just don't have your babies unless it's absolutely necessary.'
'How do I know if it's necessary?'
She stops and stares ahead, her hands gloved in flour. 'Ask yourself, Do I want a baby or do I want to make a cake? The answer will come to you like bells ringing.' She flickers her fingers in the air by her ear. 'For me, almost always, the answer was cake.'"
— Diana Abu-Jaber (The Language of Baklava: A Memoir)
'Just don't have your babies unless it's absolutely necessary.'
'How do I know if it's necessary?'
She stops and stares ahead, her hands gloved in flour. 'Ask yourself, Do I want a baby or do I want to make a cake? The answer will come to you like bells ringing.' She flickers her fingers in the air by her ear. 'For me, almost always, the answer was cake.'"
— Diana Abu-Jaber (The Language of Baklava: A Memoir)
"That said, deciding to avoid other people does not necessarily equate with having no desire whatsoever for company; it may simply reflect a dissatisfaction with what—or who—is available. Cynics are, in the end, only idealists with awkwardly high standards. In Chamfort's words, 'It is sometimes said of a man who lives alone that he does not like society. This is like saying of a man that he does not like going for walks because he is not fond of walking at night in the forêt de Bondy.'"
— Alain de Botton (Status Anxiety)
— Alain de Botton (Status Anxiety)
Just as Well - January 2003 (Literature & Fiction)
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I wrote this story for a friend of mine, who asked me if I had written anything new. I hadn't, but I didn't want to disappoint her, so I came up with this. Sorry for the formatting; I tried to fix it to have indentions, but Goodreads is being difficult.
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