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> [“The problem with women was that they were always planning some future that involved you and that you were not aware of, as if you’d signed up for a credit card without knowing it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/the-problem-with-women-was-that-they-were-always-planning-some-future/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

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## More by Jean Thompson

> [“Head full of beer, fists jammed into his empty pockets, halos of blur around the parking lot lights, yup, one more wasted evening, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/head-full-of-beer-fists-jammed-into-his-empty-pockets-halos-of-blur/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“Maybe getting to know a child wasn't entirely unlike meditation. You kept going at it from all different angles, and once in a while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/maybe-getting-to-know-a-child-wasn-t-entirely-unlike-meditation-you/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“After all, your head only had so much room in it. No surprise if it overflowed once in a while with little bits of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/after-all-your-head-only-had-so-much-room-in-it-no-surprise-if-it/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“The danger of sending your children to college was that they would be contaminated by subversive forces, bad influences and bawdy women." Rolled with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/the-danger-of-sending-your-children-to-college-was-that-they-would-be/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“Nobody knows what to do when there’s a tragedy. Nobody practices for it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/nobody-knows-what-to-do-when-there-s-a-tragedy-nobody-practices-for-it/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“She'd permed her hair to within an inch of its life. When she moved her head, the mass of hair followed along behind her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/she-d-permed-her-hair-to-within-an-inch-of-its-life-when-she-moved/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“Did poverty in itself lead to moral failings, such as crime? Was "goodness" something that could be objectified and measured? Did society benefit directly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/did-poverty-in-itself-lead-to-moral-failings-such-as-crime-was/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“What a lopsided stumpy mess people made of a family tree these days. The last thing any of them needed was some new little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/what-a-lopsided-stumpy-mess-people-made-of-a-family-tree-these-days/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“You wanted to believe that getting older, growing up, would change everything, transform you into the amazing person you were meant to be. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/you-wanted-to-believe-that-getting-older-growing-up-would-change/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“His heart cracked open and flooded all the space around it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/his-heart-cracked-open-and-flooded-all-the-space-around-it/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“He was beginning to see how having a teenager might be the equivalent of having a bad class in permanent session.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/he-was-beginning-to-see-how-having-a-teenager-might-be-the-equivalent/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“She had a heart like a Twinkie, full of oversweet goo, yes, a real junk-food heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/she-had-a-heart-like-a-twinkie-full-of-oversweet-goo-yes-a-real-junk/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“We were afraid of so many things: Of our children, who lived in their own world of casually lurid pleasures, zombies and cartoon killers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/we-were-afraid-of-so-many-things-of-our-children-who-lived-in-their/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“Somehow, television made behavior that you would go out of your way to avoid in real life into something fascinating.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/somehow-television-made-behavior-that-you-would-go-out-of-your-way-to/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

> [“Conner thought he understood how pride could back up in somebody, get turned around and come out as meanness. But that didn’t make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-thompson/conner-thought-he-understood-how-pride-could-back-up-in-somebody-get/)

[Jean Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-thompson/)

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