“This is how I learn most of what I know about my children and their friends: by sitting in the driver's seat and keeping quiet.”

“This was what I liked most about my friends: just sitting around & telling stories.”

“Back seat drivers don’t know the feel of the wheelbut they sho’ know how to make a fuss"Bob Dylan/Bonnie Raitt, “Let’s Keep It Between Us,” 1982”

“This is what I liked most about my friends: just sitting around and telling stories. Window stories and mirror stories.”

“I'll think about something else. I'll just sit quietly. If I could sit still. If I could sit still, maybe I could read. Oh, all the books are about people who love each other, truly and sweetly. What do they want to write about that for? Don't they know it isn't true? Don't they know it's a lie, it's a God-damned lie? What do they have to tell about that for, when they know how it hurts?”

“My dad taught me everything I know about being a man, and most of what I know about being a woman. The rest I had to learn from textbooks.”