Carolina QuotesShe's afraid to tell me anything important, knowing I'll only turn around and write about it. In my mind, I'm like a friendly junkman, building things from the little pieces of scrap I find here and there, but my family's started to see things differently. Their personal lives are the so-called pieces of scrap I so casually pick up, and they're sick of it. More and more often their stories begin with the line "You have to swear you will never repeat this." I always promise, but it's generally understood that my word means nothing.
David Sedaris Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Essay, "Repeat after me" - p.147
- work
- Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
- year
- 2004
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- p.147
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“She's afraid to tell me anything important, knowing I'll onl…” David Sedaris. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-A75A03E8B3. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/a75a03e8b3
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It's fun to see where people live.
In other parts of the country people tried to stay together for the sake of the children. In New York they tried to work things out for the sake of the apartment.