I'm Hopeless - All I Know Is

My Kids Are Really Learning Everything From Scratch. It's Our Job To Be Their Tour Guides And Camp Counselors And Orientation People. That's A Weird Responsibility, Especially In A World That Feels As Good As It Feels Bad.

A Lot Of Writing About Being A Mother Is Not So Much Writing About The Kids Themselves. They Become Placeholders For The Shift That Happens When You're Suddenly In Charge Of Other People.

It's Funny To Be Pigeonholed So Late In Life But There We Are.

Don't Be Defeatist, Dear, It's Very Middle Class.

Little Girls, I Am In The Business Of Putting Old Heads On Young Shoulders, And All My Pupils Are The Crème De La Crème. Give Me A Girl At An Impressionable Age And She Is Mine For Life.