It seemed like life was a ...

It seemed like life was a sort of narrowing tunnel Right when you were born, the tunnel was huge. You could be anything,. Then, like, the absolute second after you were born, the tunnel narrowed down to about half that size....I figured on the day you died, the tunnel would be so narrow, you'd have squeezed yourself in with so many choices, that you just got squashed.
 Carol Rifka Brunt

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My mother gave me a disappointed look. Then I gave her one back. Mine was for everything, not just the sandwich.
 Carol Rifka Brunt
Every new party, every new bunch of people, and I start thinking that maybe this is my chance.That I'm going to be normal this time. A new leaf. A fresh start. But then I find myself at the party, thinking, Oh, yeah. This again.
 Carol Rifka Brunt
I go to the movies whenever I get the chance, because the movie theater is like the woods. It's another place that's like a time machine.
 Carol Rifka Brunt