“Staying silent, staying away from him... that was the hardest thing I've ever done.”
“Not following her is the hardest thing I've ever done.”
“Writing novels is the hardest thing I've ever done, including digging irrigation ditches.”
“The thing was, if staying away from him made me unsmart, I never wanted to be smart again.”
“Who ever he is, I agree with your mother," said Dad as he entered the kitchen. "Stay away from him. Stay away from them all until you're of marrying age. Once you reach a nice, mature fifty-four, gentlemen callers will be welcomed here.”
“And so he did the hardest thing he’d ever done in his life: he picked up his hat and walked away.”