“Four years after my father's death, when the subject of parents came up in conversation i would relate the information in a flat, matter-of-fact tone eager to detect in my listener the flinch of grief that eluded me.” ChildrenDeathFatherGriefChildhoodAdultsParentsElude Book:Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Source: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
“I grew to resent the way my father treated his furniture like children, and his children like furniture.” WayChildrenFatherGrewTreatedFurnitureResent Author:Alison Bechdel
“I get to do for a living what I did as a child for fun, and that's pretty cool.” ChildrenFun Author:Alison Bechdel
“Basically, my work is play. It never actually feels that way - I'm always aiming to attain that state. But I get to do for a living what I did as a child for fun, and that's pretty cool.” WayFeelsChildrenStatesPlayFun Author:Alison Bechdel