“Life with most teenagers was like having a low-grade bladder infection. It hurts, but you had to tough it out.”
“Life is hard. Life hurts. So what? You tough it out. You get through and then you'll feel good again.”
“You get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothin' can touch you...”
“Rosie [her teenage daughter] had a secret life now, was putting together her own tribe, finding her identity there, and it was great to see, and it hurt like hell.”
“If you thought eighth grade was tough, try it with fangs and a fear of garlic.”
“College mostly makes people like bladders—just good for nothing but t’ hold the stuff as is poured into ‘em.”