“I can go from zero to sixty in 59 M.P.H.”
“Virgin to father in zero to sixty”
“I'm a decent sprinter and I can gun a motorcycle from zero to suicidal in less than ten seconds.”
“And where does that minute go, that minute that separates life from death? I want those sixty seconds back.”
“Claire: One of the hallmarks of a mother-daughter relationship is what I call the Zero to Sixty Factor. We can get instantly irritated at each other and just as instantly move on… Men don’t get this. Paul will say, “Girls, stop fussing,” and we’ll immediately turn and say in unison, “We’re not arguing.”
“I can feel that photo of Anna staring at me from sixty years ago, and I can’t help myself from wanting to protect her, wanting to save her from becoming what she already is.”