“The first axiom of the family vacation is that someone, possibly everyone, will get sick.” Quote by Marni Jackson
“Every time I caught a fish, I wondered how something so small could have such clear, pure strength. It kept reminding me of another sensation, from another realm. The fish on the line, I eventually realized, felt like the baby, kicking inside you. Or the shocking, life-hungry pull of the baby on the breast. Perhaps fishing is like quickening for men, a long and patient wait for a few electric moments when they feel connected to another life.” MenFeelsLongMomentsFeltWaitingLinesClearBabyPurePatientCaughtFishesConnectedHungryRealmsBreastsFishingSensationsElectricShockingKickingRemindingAnother LifeQuickening Author:Marni Jackson
“Housework hassles go on, are never resolved, and will probably extend into the afterlife ('Why am I the one who takes the clouds to the dry cleaners?').” Goes OnCloudsDryAfterlifeCleanersHouseworkHassleDry Cleaners Author:Marni Jackson
“When a couple turns domestic, for the first while having to talk about the need for aluminum eaves troughing and other matters only gets in the way of the relationship. Then, magically, these negotiations take the place of the relationship.” WayNeedsFirstsMatterTurnsMarriageCoupleNegotiationAluminum Author:Marni Jackson
“Household hollowness comes around in irregular cycles, like meteor showers. But the true sign of a bad patch is that it never feels temporary or fixable. It has a shudder of the inevitable to it. The thought crosses your mind that when love goes it goes all at once, and forever.” FeelsMindMarriageForeverCrossesInevitableCyclesTemporaryHouseholdShowersPatchesMeteorsHollowness Author:Marni Jackson
“There seems to be a hole in the culture where mothers went. Then, when their kids went off to school or stopped having ear infections every three weeks, they emerged from the mother zone, and like everyone else, they forgot where they'd been. Amnesia surrounding motherhood is the rule, not the exception.” SeemsKidsSchoolMotherCultureThreeWeekEarsMotherhoodHolesZoneExceptionInfectionAmnesia Author:Marni Jackson
“Well, delusions are a wonderful thing, and they keep you company, too.” WellsCompanyWonderfulDelusionWonderful Things Author:Marni Jackson
“It wasn't just that my breasts were sore and my legs seethed with restlessness at night. A knitted cap seemed to have settled on my brain as well. Never think that pregnancy is just a spare room in a woman's house; it changes everything - the heat, the light, the furniture.” ThinkingWellsLightNightHouseRoomsBrainLegsHeatBreastsPregnancySparesFurnitureCapsRestlessness Author:Marni Jackson
“At a certain point, the soul exits from a cherished photograph, because we have come to the end of our loving projection into that moment.” SoulEndsMomentsCertainPhotographThat MomentProjectionExit Author:Marni Jackson
“We are living in the era of the busybody. In ancient Greece, if a person wanted guidance, it involved a long, arduous expensive journey to consult the oracle at Delphi. Today, if you want guidance, all you have to do is unplug your ears.” IfsWantPersonsLongTodayWantedJourneyAdviceInvolvedEarsAncientErasGuidanceExpensiveGreeceOraclesAncient GreeceBusybodiesDelphi Author:Margo Kaufman
“I just wanted to be a composer; I became an actor by default, really. I got a scholarship to a college of music and drama, hoping to take a scholarship in music. But I ended up as an acting student, so I've stuck with that for the last 50-odd years.” YearsWantedLastsActorsActingStudentsCollegeDramaStuckOddComposerScholarshipDefault Author:Anthony Hopkins