Save What's Left Quotes

“Here’s a question: Do people ever stop asking you what you do or is that a question that just crops up your entire life? Are there people who poke around nursing homes asking Alzheimer’s patients what they’re working on these days? Is there an age when it becomes socially acceptable to say, “Nothing”? Because that’s the age that I’d like to be.”
― Elizabeth Castellano, Save What's Left

“It’s hard to accept. One minute you’re a parent to a small child. You have all the power. You say what’s for dinner. You say when bedtime is, when the homework gets done, whether or not so-and-so can sleep over. And then, suddenly that power is gone. Motherly advice is now an insult. Fatherly wisdom is offensive. Opinions are hurtful. Everything is a judgment. So, what do you do? You take a step back. You hold your tongue. You say to yourself, It’s their life. You say it so many times it loses its meaning. You try to diffuse the bomb.”
― Elizabeth Castellano, Save What's Left

“How did they know we’d be gone for the week?” Tom asked. “I left a note on the door,” I said. “What?” Tom said. “For the paperboy,” I said. “What did the note say?” a policeman asked me. “It said: Dear Rodney, We are going to Saint Martin for the week. Please do not deliver the paper.”
― Elizabeth Castellano, Save What's Left