Chewing gum Quote by Beck Sherman
““Linda felt small. The houses aroung her were mostly two-stories, not big by any means, but it wasn't her surroundings making her feel this way. She'd been so stupid, and her huge mistake made her feel as if she were shrinking - fast - into the pavement, where she should remain for several lifetimes, mistaken for a filthy wad of chewing gum.””
![“[Her life] had taken on the shape of a terrible mistake. She hadn't been given the proper tools to make a real life with, she decided, that was it. She'd been given a can of gravy and a hair-brush and told, "There you go." She'd stood there for years, blinking and befuddled, brushing the can with…” quote by Lorrie Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d2b/lorrie-moore-870_brushes_her-life-had-taken-on-the-shape-of-a-ter_969343.jpg)
