““But now, Mr. Bates didn't scream or try to get the truck's license plate, nor did Mrs. Bates, who had once wept when we set off firecrackers in her state-fair tulips - they said nothing, and our parents said nothing, so that we sensed how ancient they were, how accustomed to trauma, depressions, and wars. We realized that the version of the world that they rendered for us was not the world they really believed in, and that for all their caretaking and bitching about crabgrass they didn't give a damn about lawns.””
![“We realized that the version of the world [our parents] rendered for us was not the world they really believed in, and that for all their caretaking and bitching about crabgrass they didn't give a damn about lawns.” quote by Jeffrey Eugenides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ad9/jeffrey-eugenides-462_generation-gap_we-realized-that-the-version-of-the-worl_615065.jpg)
![“Not playing by the rules, not seeing things conventionally, that's the heart of who he [ Steve Jobs] is, and he does it in small ways of everyday rebellion just almost to assert who he is, like not putting a license plate on his car.” quote by Walter Isaacson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e9a/walter-isaacson-384_car_not-playing-by-the-rules-not-seeing-thin_326516.jpg)
