“Some have characterized the boomers as optimistic, but to my view they were simply soft and rather unprepared. They didn’t know how to cook or sew or balance their own checkbooks. They were bad at opening the mail. They got… — Rufi Thorpe Copy Share Image
“Sure, and fatherhood is super important too. I'm not trying to make this a women-only club by any means. Just that even men rarely… — Rufi Thorpe Copy Share Image
“I'm just saying, when a woman in a maiden, she's in the spotlight. Everybody cares what a pretty, young girl does and says. And she's got some pretty strict archetypes to adhere to: Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella or Britney Spears. Pick your poison. But when you become a young mother? People don't give a fuck what you're doing. Their eyes… — Rufi Thorpe Copy Share
“It will be okay," Franklin said. And even though I felt he was far too optimistic, I also suspected that there was wisdom in his optimism; Franklin's scale for "okay" spanned thousands of years. He didn't worry about someone being unhappy for a few hours or days. He didn't really worry about unhappiness at all. I think he worried about… — Rufi Thorpe Copy Share
“It wasn't that Lorrie Ann was becoming a Goody Two-shoes. It wasn't that she wanted to be perfect or loved or approved of. No.… — Rufi Thorpe Copy Share Image
“Some have characterized the boomers as optimistic, but to my view they were simply soft and rather unprepared. They didn’t know how to cook… — Rufi Thorpe Copy Share Image
“How could it be that I wanted those scary narrow streets and books and coffee shops for her so much more than she wanted… — Rufi Thorpe Copy Share Image
“What had been so funny? But you can never remember what you were laughing about, and even if you could, it seems doubtful that… — Rufi Thorpe Copy Share Image
