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21 " all men of a certain age tell this story, and they give themselves away by always using the same fruit. I have yet to meet the father who will look his child in the eye and say, “I was happy just to get some seedless grapes.” But "
― Haven Kimmel , A Girl Named Zippy
22 " never would. In short, he was what it meant to be a father and a man in 1971. Up against his power I could see none of his failings. "
23 " Honey, I know you like to take a drink, and that’s all right, but be forewarned that I ain’t your maid and I ain’t your punching-bag, and if you ever raise your hand to me you’d best kill me. Because otherwise I’ll wait till you’re asleep; sew you into the bed; and beat you to death with a frying pan.” Until "
24 " There is a kind of wildness that grows up among people who have gathered in the dark, and we all felt a little giddy. "
25 " I’m never reading poetry again unless it’s by James Whitcomb Riley!” And I went storming out of the house to try and shake off the injury done to me with words. "
26 " Sometimes the side of the house would exert a strange and supernatural magnetic force upon my body, which would cause me to fly up against it, face first, and stick there. "
27 " There are people in this world so perfect that the fact of them feels like a personal gift, "
28 " I patted her on the arm, indulgently. My mother’s delicacy was a part of her character she had adamantly clung to over the years, even as her occupation of not moving from the couch softened her and made her, well, motherly. I once heard her tell a friend that she was, in fact, a 120-pound woman, but she kept herself wrapped in fat in order to prevent bruising. "
29 " There are people in this world so perfect that the fact of them seems like a personal gift. "