“I’ve sometimes thought that it’s only by recalling that desperate devotion my kids once felt for me that I can maintain my own desperate devotion in the face of their adolescent sneering.” I CanSometimesKidsFacesFeltMy OwnDevotionDesperate Author:Ayelet Waldman
“My own theory is that people are just so desperate for somebody they can feel better than, in America. Now that everyone's going broke and working 17 jobs - if they have one at all - at least they can look at these guys behind bars and think, "At least I get to wear my own clothes to work."” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsLooksJobsAmericaGuyMy OwnBehindsTheoryClothesBarsBrokeDesperateFeel Better Author:Jerry Stahl
“...a disgruntled reflection on my own life as a sort of desperate improvisation in which I was constantly trying to make something coherent from conflicting elements to fit rapidly changing settings.” TryingMy OwnFitElementsReflectionSettingSettingsDesperateImprovisationMy Own LifeDisgruntled Book:Composing a Life Source: Composing a Life