Maturity ... Is Letting Things

Today's Shocks Are Tomorrow's Conventions.

Why Do Long Marriages Occasionally Endow Their Inhabitants With A Rare Kind Of Equilibrium Otherwise Almost Unknown In Human Relations? My Guess Is That The Value Of The Moment Has At Last Overshadowed The Long History Of Resentments, Betrayals, And Boredom.

New York Is Not Like London, A Now-and-then Place To Many People. You Can Either Not Live In New York Or Not Live Anyplace Else. One Is Either A Lover Or Hater.

Maturity ... Is Letting Things Happen.

As Long As Women Are Isolated One From The Other, Not Allowed To Offer Other Women The Most Personal Accounts Of Their Lives, They Will Not Be Part Of Any Narratives Of Their Own…women Will Be Staving Off Destiny And Not Inviting Or Inventing Or Controlling It.