Great Days Quotes

“- Love, which is a kind of permission to come closer than ordinary norms of good behavior might usually sanction.
- Back rubs.
- Which enables us to see each other without clothes on, for example, in lust and shame.
- Examining perfections, imperfections.
- Which allows us to say wounding things to each other which would not be kosher under the ordinary rules of civilized discourse.”
― Donald Barthelme, Great Days

“It's only when you stop to think about it. I don't stop. - From "Morning”
― Donald Barthelme, Great Days

“The daughters are tired of kissing each other, although some are not.”
― Donald Barthelme, Great Days