Under every friendship there is a difficult sentence that must be said, in order that the friendship can be survived.
—Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man
If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
—George Eliot, Middlemarch 
Last year there was an abundance of Trick or Treaters— my husband drove to the store last minute because I ran out of candy. This year— not as many— maybe the cold temps. And I have a ton of candy left. Oh well— an hour to go. I’m letting them take handfuls at this point. More about the book because I’m bored. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/books/review/dwight-garner-garners-quotations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.60w.w3RB.ELkZZ-JdOhHS&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
