Three Days in June

by Anne Tyler

I wondered why it was that I had so many irritating people in my life.

Because one of life’s frustrations is that sometimes, it’s best to say nothing.

Sometimes when I find out what’s on other people’s minds I honestly wonder if we all live on totally separate planets.

but some overweight women are so lush and creamy-skinned and sublimely confident that you have to wonder why thinness is considered an asset.

Someday I’d like to be given credit for all the times I have not said something that I could have said.