“By the time Gilbert and I reached home we felt like two hydrants in unfortunate proximity to a kennel.”
“I felt somewhat like a fire hydrant – with everyone marking their territory around me.”
“Some days felt longer than other days. Some days felt like two whole days. Unfortunately those days were never weekend days. Our Saturdays and Sundays passed in half the time of a normal workday. In other words, some weeks it felt like we worked ten straight days and had only one day off.”
“it felt like home. He felt like home.”
“I don't have pet peeves like some people. I have whole kennels of irritation.”
“All of a sudden I didn't fit in anywhere. Not at school, not at home...and every time I turned around, another person I'd known forever felt like a stranger to me. Even I felt like a stranger to me.”