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.”

Mothers should live forever.

I wanted to wash my face, change into my nightgown, and dream of Freddy on the beach.

“We can’t just run away.” “We can do anything if we’re together.”

“I meant what I said, Marilyn. I’m yours. I’m not leaving unless you tell me to.” “And if I tell you to?” “You’ll break my heart.”

“A lady doesn’t tell stories that don’t belong entirely to her.”

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.

“No time like the present.