“He could not do most things, and what he could do, he did. But William had always been capable of many things. The stress of choice had weighed on him.” — Paula Marantz Cohen Copy Share Image
It is in our nature to enjoy atrocity so long as it continues to shock and remains comfortably removed from our own lives. — Paula Marantz Cohen Copy Share
“She can't understand that books don't get used up. I've tried to explain that they aren't like clothes or furniture-that we keep them because… — Paula Marantz Cohen Copy Share
“She was like a farmer who keeps horses in order to haul away the manure that they generate.” — Paula Marantz Cohen Copy Share
“Life meant reducing expectations and making-do with what one had. What was the point of boo-hooing, as she saw it, when "no man is… — Paula Marantz Cohen Copy Share
“He could not do most things, and what he could do, he did. But William had always been capable of many things. The stress… — Paula Marantz Cohen Copy Share
What we find to love or to hate comes to us as a substitute for something else. — Paula Marantz Cohen Copy Share
