Mrs. Leonard

People bounce back from most things, I said, but every time they're stretched they bounce back a little less so it's no wonder you have to surprise a smile out of old people.
SPM

To see. To not see. To see and react. Or not.

"You can hold back from the suffering of the world. You have free permission to do so and so it is in accordance with your nature. But perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could have avoided." KAFKA

Grown-ups

She said one of the great beauties of being a grown-up was that you could eat chocolate cake for dinner as often as you liked. I though about it for a minute and decided I still liked curling up with someone after a long day and that being kissed goodnight wasn't so bad, either, and she agreed.
SPM

Denial

I've heard over and over that ignorance is bliss, he said, but I think denial is almost as good.
SPM