Don’t Forget to Write

by Sara Goodman Confino

“You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. And don’t ever let anyone tell you we’re the weaker sex.”

And I didn’t understand how these men could claim to be attracted to the fact that I was free, then try to cage me.

Ada had said that social class was sometimes negotiable in making matches, but often not. And I finally understood she didn’t mean money. She meant values. Core beliefs. The way we treated others. You could be rich as Croesus and still not have class.

“Always say yes to new things,” Ada said. “It’s the only way you’ll be able to write about life—if you actually go out and live it.”

“And his mother will be all over town seven months from now claiming a nine-pound baby was born prematurely.”

😂😂

The world loves to destroy what it doesn’t understand. Some things can be hidden to be protected. Some can’t.”

If I could have crawled into her skin and become her, I would have. She was fierce and ferocious and feminine all at the same time.