You Think It, I'll Say It

by Curtis Sittenfeld

What is it about Trump’s business record that you find most persuasive? But now she thinks, You’re a moron.

“I’m not a Republican,” the driver says. “But I’m not a Democrat, either, that’s for sure. You wouldn’t never catch me voting for Shrillary.” He shudders, or mock-shudders. “If I was Bill, I’d cheat on her, too.”

(It’s not that she’s unaware that she’s an elitist asshole. She’s aware! She’s just powerless not to be one.

lots of mothers did drop-off in expensive exercise wear that flattered their svelte figures, then did pickup in the same expensive exercise wear; whether they had exercised in the intervening hours wasn’t clear.

Despite the location of its origins, it had been a happiness wholly unattached to her children; it had been a grown-up happiness.